Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

R.I.P. my Brother, & may God look after your family, friends, coworkers, & loved ones.

Deputy H. King
Cook County Sheriff's Dept. (Greater Chicagoland area)

January 18, 2016

May God welcome this honorable officer home and grant him and his family peace eternal. Another good and honorable man has fallen, may his wife and children find comfort in knowing that he has lived his life protecting all of us in his attempt to fashion a better and safer place for us to live.s

Special Agent (Retired) William Bertolan
Bureau of ATF, San Franacisco, CA

January 18, 2016

Officer Cottrell my sympathies to your family and loved ones. Your Brothers and Sisters in Blue have it from here.

LEO Wife Chrissy Staley
Marion Ohio

January 18, 2016

Rest in peace Brother Thomas, you are a true Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.


Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs OK PD

January 18, 2016

It's is a sad time in our nations history, one I am sorry I lived to see, when a Police Officer is assassinated for no reason other than he wore a badge. Words cannot express the sorrow I feel for members of your Department, and the officer's family. God's speed Officer Cottrell, may you rest in peace.

Det. Lt. Donald Wright (retired)
Town of Amherst, NY Police Department

January 18, 2016

Rest in peace brother, your time in hell is over. Thank you for your service, you will not be forgotten. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Cottrell during this time of tragic and senseless loss. Lord watch over us because we live and work in a time when more than ever, we are being targeted just because we are blue. Please, be careful out there folks.

Sr. Ptlmn Donnie Meaders(RET)
Wewoka (OK) Police Department

January 18, 2016

Thoughts and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters at the Danville, Ohio Police Department and to Officer Cottrell's family.

Chief Dale Greenleaf
Village of Blissfield, Michigan

January 18, 2016

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy Jamie Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

January 18, 2016

My heart is aching at learning another officer has ended his watch. Thank you Officer Cottrell for your faithful service and for protecting so many, giving so much of your life for others! God Bless you and your family, along with your fellow officers who are dealing with this tragic loss of such a wonderful hero! RIP!

Debbie Boyer
Mother in law of a 911 operator!

January 18, 2016

Avenue of the Fallen

Standing at attention in their class “A“uniforms, badges gleaming and shoes like glass, are your brothers and sisters of Law Enforcement. All of whom have previously paid the ultimate price.
Today, like many others, they welcome you to this wonderful place.
As you march down the Avenue of the Fallen, all eyes focus on you as if to say “it’s OK, you’re with your eternal partners.”
A salute is followed and a tear can be seen on so many faces.
Welcome, you served well.
Now come join us in the ranks, another is coming home.
Officer Jim Weaver (#11452) Los Angeles Police Department retired
12-25-2010

Officer Jim Weaver (#11452) Los Angeles
Retired Jerome County, Idaho Sheriff

January 18, 2016

Off Cottrell, may you rest in peace our brother. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester PD

January 18, 2016

Thank you for your time of service.
I salute you and your family.

Randalyn Benson
Survivor daughter of Chief James Leonard Speer

January 18, 2016

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

January 18, 2016

May God be with Officer Cottrell's family. May his brave soul rest in peace.

survivor
Lafayette County AR. Sheriff's Office

January 18, 2016

Prayers to your family......

SSgt Wingate
U.S. Marine Corps

January 18, 2016

A PART OF AMERICA DIED....

Somebody killed a policeman today .... And a part of America died…. A piece of our country he swore to protect .... Will be buried with him at his side.... The beat that he walked was a battlefield too,.... Just as if he had gone off to war, .... Though the flag of our nation won't fly at half-mast .... To his name they will add a gold star.... The suspect that shot him will stand up in court .... With counsel demanding his rights,.... While a young widowed mother must work for her kids .... And spend many long, lonely nights... .. Yes, somebody killed a policeman today…. Maybe in your town or mine,.... While we slept in comfort behind our locked doors.... A cop put his life on the line.... Now his ghost walks the beat on a dark city street, .... And he stands at each new rookie's side; .... He answered the call… of himself gave his all,....
And a part of America died.

"Blessed Are The Peacemakers".

Sgt. Randy Keenan ~ Retired
City of Alameda, CA Police Dept.

January 18, 2016

Thank you for your service Ofc. Cottrell, we will take the watch from here. May you now serve and protect those from abive. Rest In Peace...

Police Officer Shawn McMinn
Aspinwall Borough Police Dept

January 18, 2016

Officer Cottrell,
May you rest in Heavenly Peace. May your family be forever watched over and blessed. May your friends and colleagues find comfort. Please watch over us from on high.
We will see you again dear Sir.
Thank you for your service. I will never forget your sacrifice or the sacrifice of your family.
Greater Love Hath No Man....
Prayers for all involved.

Kristi
Surviving Daughter of Special Agent J. Robert Porter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E.O.W. 8/9/79

January 18, 2016

Thomas Cottrell was the victim of a cowardly criminal. May the family of Officer Cottrell find peace in knowing that he gave his life in the service and protection of the citizens of Danville Ohio.

Stan Jefferson
Citizen

January 18, 2016

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF DANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE OFFICER THOMAS COTTRELL.

My heart is filled with great sadness at learning of the lost of your loved one and fellow Police Officer.
We in the law enforcement community are a family, although our uniforms may be a different style and vary in color, a badge, shield or star may be pinned upon our chest.
Our areas of enforcement may vary but our goals are the same, to serve and protect our communities. We consist of many different agencies from across the nation, for we are:
Municipal Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, State Police Investigators, State Highway Patrol Troopers, Conservation Police Officers, College Campus Police Officers, Correctional Officers and Federal Agents just to name a few.
We patrol small towns, large cities, college campuses, county roads, state highways, state parks and the United States Borders.
Whether active duty or retired, we are one family, a Law Enforcement Family, the thin blue line of protectors, brothers and sisters bonded together by HONOR, SERVICE and PRIDE.
Daily we honor our fallen brothers and sisters never forgetting their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families.
Daily our position is clear that we will Serve and Protect our communities without faltering and with no hesitation.
Daily we show pride in our chosen profession LAW ENFORCEMENT, for we willingly walk the line of good over evil facing the unknown with courage keeping our trust and faith in GOD.
We know that evil roam these streets and at any moment in the course of performing our duties the ultimate sacrifice might be required of us in the service to our community, for Law Enforcement is not a job but a calling and only a few will make the decision to commit to that calling to serve for some will give all that they have.
BLUE LIVES MATTER - If we don't respond to that call for help, or investigate that suspicious subject, or stop for that stranded motorist, or rush to that call of shots fired then who will?
OFFICER COTTRELL
You did not die in vain.
You sacrificed your life in the service to the citizens of Danville in the State of Ohio with HONOR PRIDE and DISTINCTION.
I'm proud to have worn the uniform of a law enforcement officer like you did.
I'm proud to have pinned the badge upon my chest like you did.
I'm proud to have served and protected my community as you did.
I'm proud to call you my Brother!
I commend you my fallen brother for making the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of your duty.
For you left us doing what you chose to do.
Performing a job you were trained to do.
Upholding the oath you swore to do.
Most importantly doing what you loved to do..........Serving and Protecting your community with Honor and Pride making a better and safer place for us all.
FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT,"LIFE HAS A FLAVOR THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW".
FINAL CALL
Officer Cottrell status............Officer Cottrell status............
Officer Cottrell status............Attention all Units.................
Danville Police Department, Police Officer Thomas Cottrell having served the citizens of Danville in the State of Ohio with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION is now 10-42.
Rest in Peace my fallen Brother, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

Senior Master Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins #188 (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police District 01, Region 01

January 18, 2016

Rest in Peace Officer Thomas Cottrell. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice.

I pray for Peace for your Family, Friends and Co-Workers.

I also pray that the hounds of hell forever gnaw at the flesh of your murderer.

Amen

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston,TX

January 18, 2016

Gods speed

Search & Rescue team member Dennis Bousl
Box Elder co Sheriff Search and Rescue Ut

January 18, 2016

Rest easy Sir. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. I am heartbroken for your family, friends, and your brothers and sisters in law enforcement. May God bless them all in this terrible time. May they find strength in each other. You will never be forgotten.

Christine Petzold
Sister of Officer David M. Petzold, E.O.W. 11/09/06

January 18, 2016

Rest in peace Officer Contrell your job is done now rest in the arms of our Lord. God bless the Thin Blue Line.

Cpl. Investigator (retired) Angela Gray
Gcso

January 18, 2016

Dear Lord, what have we done to our America The Beautiful...!
Crushed inside by another one of these evil deeds...

terry douglass

January 18, 2016