Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Dear Colt:

So I have to ask, where is all the anger and protests for your life being taken? Or for your family left to deal with shattered dreams and heartache? Maybe I missed it. But what I didn’t miss, is the fact that you made the ultimate sacrifice to stop an active shooter, vermin hell bent on killing innocent people, fulfilling our sacred oath, “To Protect and Serve”.

The dust settles, the news fades away…but the pain lingers for your family, the Sheriff's Department, and a nation of fellow officers who know too well the sick feeling when one of us goes down. Yet, day after day, we strap on a gun, pin on the badge, kiss our family so long, never knowing if this is actually “goodbye”, and live on the streets with vermin such as this. We drive by residential neighborhoods where we see families enjoying dinner together, safe and warm, enjoying the American way of life. A life that we swore to protect at all costs, everyone’s life because all life matters…even ours.
This has been a horrid year for law enforcement officers dying in the line of duty already. The mayhem and carnage seems to know no end, as does the criticism of a select few, very few, and of course, the media. The same media that has yet to cover a story of a fallen officer’s family life in coping with the loss.
Thank you for your service, your dedication to duty and professionalism. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. ... Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. ...

Sgt. Ron Tomassi, (Retired)
Lake Mary, (Fl) Police

January 23, 2017

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers during this difficult time. Your service and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.

ASAC, Thomas H. Kelly Jr.
Federal Air Marshal Service

January 23, 2017

RIP brother, you will never be forgotten.

Officer J. Honeycutt
Utah Valley University Police Dept.

January 23, 2017

Rest in Peace.

1st Lt. Stephen A. Joy#980 (Retired)
Prince George's County Police Department, Maryland

January 22, 2017

The Albany Police Academy-Session 1 sends its deepest condolences to the Allery family and the Rolette County Sheriff's Office. Rest in Peace Deputy Colt Eugene Allery.

Albany Police Academy
Albany Police Department

January 22, 2017

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE,

N.J. TROOPER (RETIRED)
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

January 22, 2017

RIP Sir. May God bless your Family and loved ones. Rest easy now. Protect from above.

Officer Steven Austin
Lawrence TWP P.D. (NJ)

January 22, 2017

Rest In Peace brother! Thank you for your service and prayers for God's peace and comfort for your family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time of loss!

ASAC (Ret.) Mark Demerest
Coast Guard Investigative Service

January 22, 2017

I cannot stop crying...too many, too soon! Thank you for your service!

Civilian

January 22, 2017

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
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and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

January 21, 2017

Rest in peace Brother.....My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of the RCSO during this most difficult and tragic time.....

Lt. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD

January 21, 2017

God Bless and Godspeed.

Lisa B
GEORGIA CIVILIAN LEO SUPPORTER

January 21, 2017

Rest easy brother.

PO Olasokan
NYS University Police

January 21, 2017

My heart and prayers are with the family, friends and coworkers of Deputy Allery. Another young hero taken too soon. May you continue your watch on the streets above. Rest in peace, we will never forget.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee Daneall Azure, EOW 08/06/02

January 21, 2017

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND SERVICE

MAY YOU REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER

Retired TFC Theresa Medcalf
Ga. State Patrol

January 20, 2017

RIP my Brother, RIP.

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13

Your sacrifice was far too great.

Inv. Q. Warren
AK Spec.Prosecutions/Medicaid Fraud

January 20, 2017

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF ROLETTE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPUTY SHERIFF COLT EUGENE ALLERY I.D. #4599.

My heart is filled with great sadness at learning of the lost of your loved one and fellow Deputy Sheriff.
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 prisons, county jails, 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 sacrifices 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 our 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.
ALL LIVES MATTER - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOULD BE RESPECTED - If we don't respond to that call for help, or investigate that suspicious subject(s), or stop for that stranded motorist, or rush to that call of shots fired then who will?
DEPUTY ALLERY
You did not die in vain.
You sacrificed your life in the service to the citizens of Rolette County in the State of North Dakota 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
Deputy Allery status..............Deputy Allery status............ Deputy Allery status............Attention All Units................. Rolette County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Sheriff Colt Eugene Allery I.D. #4599 having served the citizens of Rolette County in the State of North Dakota 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 20, 2017

Our condolences & prayers go out to the family and friends of this fallen hero. Thank you for your service. We will never forget.

Officer Edwin Lara / Cermack Hospital
Cook County Sheriffs Office, IL- Honor Guard

January 20, 2017

RIP Brother.Thank you & God Bless.

Lt.Robert M.Petty (ret)
No.Bergen, N.J. P.D.

January 20, 2017

RIP BROTHER COLT AND PEACE TO YOUR FAMILY, ANOTHER SAD SAD DAY. MARTY MOONEY RETIRED DETECTIVE NYPD AND SON ALEX ACTIVE NYPD..BLUE KNIGHTS XIX ROME NY/XXXII SYRACUSE NY,

DET MARTY MOOONEY ( RETIRED )
NYPD

January 20, 2017

My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff Allery. You are in my thoughts and prayers x

PC Lynne McEwan
Police Scotland

January 20, 2017

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. REST IN PEACE.

POLICE OFFICER
NAPERVILLE POLICE DEPT

January 20, 2017

My deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and coworkers of Deputy Allery. Rest in Peace Brother.

Chief Deputy Steve Bennett
Iowa County (WI) Sheriff's Office

January 20, 2017

Off Allery, may you Rest In Peace. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester Police Dept

January 20, 2017

Rest with God Deputy Allery. Your dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten. Prayers for your family during this time in their lives.

retired police officer Bob Lester
Midland Texas Police Department

January 20, 2017