Clinton Police Department, Missouri
End of Watch Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Reflections for Police Officer Christopher Ryan Morton
Rest in peace brother.
Deputy Sheriff Richard Salle
Johnson County Sheriffs Office. MO
September 23, 2023
Hey brother. I’m thinking of you and your family this holiday season. Wishing all the best . Rest In Peace
Sgt MM
Los Angeles County Sheriff
November 4, 2022
MISS YA BROTHER
J
SCSD
September 25, 2021
Rest In Peace
Mark Mottola
March 6, 2020
Rest in peace Officer Morton.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 5, 2020
Rest in Peace
Frau
Misses
February 6, 2020
Today, I will not answer the radio call that you boyfriend has come home drunk and is beating you again. Today I will not answer the radio call that your 16 year old daughter, who is very responsible, is four hours late coming home from school. Today I will not answer the radio call that your store has been robbed or your house has been burglarized. Today I will not stop a drunk driver from killing someone. I will not catch a rapist or a murder or a car theft. Today I will not answer the radio call that a man has a gun or tried to abduct a child or that someone has been stabbed or has been in a terrible accident. Today I will not save your child that you locked in the car or the child you were to busy to watch who went outside and fell into swimming pool. No, today I will not do that. Why? Because Today I was killed be a drunk driver while I was helping push a disabled car off the highway. Today I was was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop to simply tell someone that they has taillight out. Today I was killed in traffic accident rushing to help a citizen. Today I was shot and killed serving a warrant on a know drug dealer. Today I was killed be a man when I came by to do a welfare check because his family was to busy. Today I was killed trying to stop a bank robbery or a grocery store robbery. Today I was killed doing my job.
A chaplain and a officer will go to a house and tell a mom and dad or a wife or husband or mother or father I won’t be coming home today. The flags at many police stations were flown at half-mast but most people won’t know why. There will be a funeral and my fellow officers will come, a twenty-one-gun salute will be given, and taps will be played as I am laid to rest my name will be put on a plaque , on a wall , in a building, in a city somewhere. A folded flag will be placed on a mantel or a bookcase in a home somewhere and a family will morn.
There will be no cries for justices. There will be no riots in the streets. There will be no officers marching , screaming “no justice, no peace.” No citizens will scream that something must be done. No windows will be smashed, no cars burned , no stones thrown,no names called. Only someone crying themselves to sleep tonight will be the only sign that I was cared about.
I was a police officer
Kaitlyn Lengel
May 22, 2019
Today a mile of my workout was dedicated in remembrance of you sir. Rest easy brother.
Lance Corporal Thomas Graham
South Carolina Highway Patrol
April 28, 2019
Rest in peace brother.
Lieutenant Raymond Flores
NYPD (retired)
March 6, 2019
Greater love hath no man than this.........
In the quiet moment of the day I reflect back and you make me smile. Thank you, brother.
Deputy Chief Gene E. Parker
Veterans Affairs Police
November 16, 2018
I hope that everyone can find comfort in Revelation 21:4 where it says, "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Until we see him again in Paradise, please accept my condolences.
A.W. Montgomery
Concerned Citizen
August 16, 2018
On behalf of my family, I extend our sincerest condolences on the grievous loss you suffered when Christopher was killed in the line of duty.
To the Morton family, fellow officers, and all who call Christopher beloved, my heart goes out to all of you and may you find comfort in your loved ones and your strength in your faith. When my son was killed, the entire law enforcement community in our area embraced us in a circle of love and support, and I know you will receive the same support. It makes the unbearable less torturous, and I pray for your solace.
I hope that your family knows that a nation mourned for you. In reading the many reflections left for you, I can see what an impact you made on so many people.
This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the dedicated service Christopher gave to his community and the citizens of Missouri and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on March 6th, 2018.
Phyllis Lasater Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05
July 28, 2018
Officer Morton,
Thank you and your family for your sacrifice. May you rest in the arms of the Lord.
Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD
June 2, 2018
Deepest condolences to Family, Department and Friends. Visit the web site ImagineHeaven.net for a glimpse of the Glorious Reunions awaiting. All law enforcement men and women indeed qualify as "Foxhole Christians" with their duty dangers. As Ray Comfort at LivingWater.com says "Passing is the doormat they wipe their feet on before entering Heaven.” It is our belief they will hear from the Lord Himself. “Do not fear. for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom” (Luke 12:12).
Joe Lanier (a former Asst. Chief of Jasper, Texas PD)
April 16, 2018
Clinton has lost another local and national hero. Our hearts are broken again as another soul dedicated to serving and protecting others is taken from us too soon.
Thank you for your selflessly chosing to serve and protect. My thoughts and prayers are with your family, blood and blue. RIP.
Brandy L. Baker
April 8, 2018
R.I.P. BROTHER Morton!!!
Nebraska Police Officer
April 2, 2018
May God's angles carry you into Paradice.
Na
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March 21, 2018
Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Rest In Peace Officer Morton. Our deepest heartfelt condolences to all of your family, friends, and brothers and sisters at Clinton Police Department.
U.S. Postal Inspector Scott Horne
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
March 21, 2018
Rest in peace brother.
Cpl. John Fisher
Missouri Capitol Police
March 19, 2018
Very sad. Rest in Peace Brother.
Corporal (Ret) Brian Sullivan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
March 12, 2018
Rest in Peace brother. Till Valhalla
Police Officer Ahmed Danso-Faried
White Plains Police Department
March 12, 2018
Thoughts and prayers for your family, may you rest in eternal peace.
Lieutenant Lou Tavizon
Deming Police Department, Deming, New Mexico, USA
March 12, 2018
Rest In Peace Brother . Your a true hero .
Special Police Officer , Clark PD .A, Ar
Clark ,NJ
March 12, 2018
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 Christopher Morton 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
March 12, 2018
Rest in peace brother. You are a true hero.
Jamie Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office
March 12, 2018
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