Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you sir for every contribution you've made to our country. It's for people like you, who have given the ultimate sacrifice, that I will fulfill the call to honor just as so many before me have.
Rest easy my friend.

Soon to be El Paso County Sheriff's Depu

May 11, 2017

REST IN PEACE LIEUTENANT KEVIN MAINHART.
MAY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING YOU ARE WITHOUT PAIN WHERE THERE IS NO SUFFERING.
WE THANK YOU-WE SALUTE YOU-AND YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

STEVEN VAISELBERG-NYC SECURITY OFFICER
ON LIST FOR NY HOSPITAL POLICE

May 11, 2017

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND SERVICE.

MAY YOU REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER

Retired TFC Theresa Medcalf
Ga. State Patrol

May 11, 2017

Greeting,

Today, the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial in Washington, DC adds yet another name to the nation’s monument used to memorialize law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

On hearts and prayers are with the Mainhart family, Sheriff Bill Gilkey, and the entire Yell County Sheriff’s Department, who on today lost a true hero and public servant (Lieutenant C. Kevin Mainhart). Lieutenant Mainhart was 46-years old and 5-year veteran of the Yell County Sheriff’s Department.

Lieutenant Mainhart was killed in the line of duty, while conducting a routine traffic stop. The bodies of two other people were also found at a nearby home according to media reports. The suspect, James Michael Bowden, 32, was taken into custody following a standoff that involved at least one hostage, who was released before Bowden surrendered to law enforcement.

This senseless act of violence comes less than one week of the National Peace Officers Memorial Day, scheduled May 15th each year. As a veteran law enforcement executive, I know that law enforcement-citizen conflict is at an all-time high. The relationship between public citizens and law enforcement, particularly its violent nature has under continual re-examination.

Lieutenant Mainhart’s death marks the 1st in the line-of-duty death for Arkansas this year, the 4th nationally in the month of May 2017, and 46th overall nationally in 2017. We here at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office pause in our operations to mourn the loss of Lieutenant Mainhart, while noting the significance of his service in the field of public safety.

Sincerely,

Sheriff
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

May 11, 2017

Rest in peace.

Sgt. Jim Russo

May 11, 2017

Blessed be the peacemakers.......for they shall be called the children of God....... Thank You for your service brother

Det. Sergeant Christophe McManus
Red Springs Police Dept

May 11, 2017

Thank you for your service. Prayers for your Family & Dept.

Detective Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department

May 11, 2017

May you rest in eternal peace in heavenly paradise, sir.

Prayers for your family, both blood and blue.

First Sergeant Ronald See, Retired
West Virginia State Police

May 11, 2017

RIP brother. In His Hands and my Prayers.

Inv Frank Vickery (Retired)
Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
SA CID US Army

May 11, 2017

R.I.P., Brother. We'll take it from here.

Officer S.D. Rounds
Barre City, VT police

May 11, 2017

Thank you for all your service. You will never be forgotten. RIP Sir.

Dispatcher Ellen Eggenberger
Redford Twp Police Dept, Mich

May 11, 2017

You have committed your life to serving and protecting and have been a faithful and dedicated officer.
You are an American hero.
We offer our condolences and prayers for the family, friends and fellow officers this day.
Rest in eternal peace brother.

Chief R. A. McCann
Armour College Police

May 11, 2017

Thank you, sir, for your service to our country and our state. I appreciate your efforts to keep Arkansans safe and protected. Your efforts were not in vain and you will not be forgotten. RIP, HERO!

Janice Lehmann
Arkansas citizen

May 11, 2017

Rest In Peace Lieutenant Mainhart.

Police Explorer Jay Bossian
Fuquay Varina Police Department

May 11, 2017

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well.

Chaplain Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #187 Mt. Clemens Michigan.

May 11, 2017

Lt. Mainhart and family
Thanks for your service to your community, state and this great nation. You had no idea this man had killed to other people--so sorry your life was cut short but that's what we do all too often. Your family is no doubt proud of you as are we. Rest in peace brother.

James Lopey, Assistant Sheriff (Ret)
Washoe County Sheriff and Nevada DPS

May 11, 2017

Rest in Peace, Hero.

Police Officer J Jensen
LMPD

May 11, 2017

Sir,
You served this country as part of our military, then as a Law Enforcement Officer for over 25 years.... We will not forget your service, or your sacrifice. You spent more time in your life serving and protecting than anything else, and this will not soon be forgotten. We will mourn your loss as if you were our own. We will complete the Officer Down drill in your honor.

Your name will be remembered.

84th Municipal Recruit Class of the Delaware State Police Academy

"Leadership is Earned, not Given."

Ductus Exemplo

May 11, 2017

Rest easy brother.

Trooper
Michigan State Police

May 11, 2017

May the memory of Kevin Mainhart, the MAN, be a constant blessing and honor to his family. He was the man who Stood in the Gap between good and evil. May his memory be honored for ever.

Stan Jefferson
Citizen of Arizona

May 11, 2017

God, filled with mercy, dwelling in the heavens' heights,
bring proper rest beneath the wings of your Lord,
amid the ranks of the holy and the pure,
illuminating like the brilliance of the skies the soul of Kevin Mainhart who went to his eternal place of rest.
May You who are the source of mercy shelter him beneath Your wings eternally, and bind his soul among the living, that he may rest in peace. And let us say: Amen.

Bill Mann
Civilian Supporter
South Pasadena, CA

May 11, 2017

My deepest condolences to the family. RIP Lt Mainhart.

Cpl. J. Maisonet
Palm Bch Cnty Sheriffs Office

May 11, 2017

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"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 who’s 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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Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

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

May 11, 2017

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest

S. I. Drake, Lt/IPD-IMPD (Ret)
Indianapolis Police

May 11, 2017

RIP Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

May 11, 2017