Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

We at the Zone Five Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and department of this officer. Rest In Peace.

Recruit Michael Martin
Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy

November 26, 2018

Thank your service. Prayers for your Family & your Department.

Sergeant Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department

November 26, 2018

A PRAYER DEDICATED TO POLICE OFFICER HUNTER EDWARDS:

God of Mercy, we come boldly and humbly before Your throne in sincere faithful and fervent prayer. You are the Light, the Love, and the Life. We pray for the family and colleagues of Police Officer Hunter Edwards, of the Winchester, Virginia Police Department, who fell, in a traffic collision, in the Line-of-Duty Saturday, November 24, 2018. We thank Police Officer Hunter Edwards for his service to his community, state, and country. He is a "True Blue Hero". Bless the lives of his family so that they might find healing. Help the Winchester Police Department comfort and support his family in their time of grief. Even though his death may have been senseless, make something good come out of this incident so that the Winchester Police Department and the City of Winchester, in which Police Officer Hunter Edwards served, might be stronger because of his life and death. We pray all these things, in Jesus’ mighty and holy name. Amen.

Rest in Peace our Hero-in-Blue. We will take it from here! God speed my Brother-in-Blue! And for the family, friends, and the Winchester Police Department, in which Police Officer Hunter Edwards served, please find comfort in the words of Jesus Christ, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4]. For the Lord Jesus proclaimed, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons [children] of God" [Matthew 5:9] and "Greater love has no one than this that someone lay down his life for his friends" [John 15:13]. For the Lord Jesus also promised, “… Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise!” [Luke 23:43].

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
The Christian Law Enforcement Chaplaincy
Merrimack, NH 03054

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Nashua / Merrimack NH Police Departments

November 26, 2018

Rest in peace Officer Edwards, my sincere condolences to your family and to your department. God speed as you now patrol the streets of gold.

TERRY ZECH, OFC(RET)
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS POLICE DEPARTMENT DETROIT MICHIGAN

November 25, 2018

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service. God's speed sir.

Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden

November 25, 2018

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Winchester Police Department . Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

November 25, 2018

Edwards family and friends may God grant you all with a speedy healing. Officer Edwards thank you for your Service to your Community and to your Department. Most of all for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty responding to assist others.

Res.Sgt.Rudy Jones
Cuyahoga Falls Police,Ohio

November 25, 2018

You will never be forgotten.

Chris Cosgriff
Founder & Executive Director
Officer Down Memorial Page

November 25, 2018

Requiescat in Pacem

Police Officer Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

November 25, 2018

RIP, Officer Edwards. Praying for you and your loved ones.

Officer C Curione
Rochester Police Department, NY

November 25, 2018

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

November 25, 2018

Our thoughts and prayers are with your department, family, and friends. Please accept our sincere condolences during this difficult time.

Albany Police Academy Session 3
Albany Police Department, Albany NY

November 25, 2018

Officer Hunter Edwards

You have answered your last call my friend. The sadness runs through my veins and I have wept for your wife and wonderful son. You will always be my brother and are loved by so many. The Winchester Police Department family will remain strong through this tragedy. You will be in our hearts forever my friend.

Detective G.F. Macher
Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Va. (fmr Winchester P.D.)

November 25, 2018

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow co-workers of Police Officer Hunter Edwards during this difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. May happy moments from the past bring forth precious memories to cherish for a lifetime. May God help heal their aching hearts. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace Police Officer Hunter Edwards.

Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit Police Officer Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

November 25, 2018

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 whose 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
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

November 25, 2018

May God watch over the family and fellow officers these heroes worked with. We can only imagine their pain. But we can sympathize with them and we must support them. Running to the danger when all others run away from it. Selfless and fearless to the end. They now work heavens Beat. And are in God's hands forever. Ever watching down on us all.

B.J.Umbenhower
D.A.V. CHAPTER 11 Springfield, Missouri Color Guard.
Son of Chief of Police.Deceased
Their watch is over, now they patrol in Heaven.

November 25, 2018

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

Lt. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD

November 25, 2018

Rest easy brother

Police Officer Jack Ditty
Chico PD

November 25, 2018

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Officer Hunter Edwards. Please know we are eternally grateful for Hunter’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Officer Edwards, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the Winchester Police Department for Hunter’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 also sent Folded Flag Necklaces engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Officer Edwards’ wife and son.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
POINT 27

Jerry M. Rhodes
Detective, Dallas Police Department Retired
Law Enforcement Outreach
POINT 27

Jerry M. Rhodes
Dallas Police Department (retired)

November 25, 2018

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

November 25, 2018

May God bless Officer Edwards and his family as well his family in blue.

Sergeant Detective Robert M Spinney Ret.
M.B.T.A Massachusetts Transit Police

November 25, 2018

RIP SIR THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE PRAYERS WITH YOUR FAMILY AN FELLOW OFFICERS

Chief of Police
City of Bell

November 25, 2018

Rest in peace brother, we'll take it from here. Thank you for your service to your community, your dedication will not be forgotten. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Edwards during this time of tragic and sudden loss.

Deputy Donnie Meaders
Okfuskee County (OK) Sheriff's Office

November 25, 2018

Thank you for your brave service to your community! RIP and peace and comfort for your family and agency!

PSO Claude Edwards (Retired)
North Augusta (SC) Department of Public Safety

November 25, 2018

Rest In Peace Officer Edwards

DOD Officer James Friedman (Retired)
Naval Weapons Station Police Charleston, SC

November 25, 2018