Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace brother.

Officer Michael Stivers
Byrnes Mill, MO. PD

December 13, 2018

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

To honor Sergeant Bertram, 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 Charlestown, Indiana Police Department for Benton’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 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 Sergeant Bertram’s parents.

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)

December 13, 2018

Rest In Peace My Brother

Deputy Shannon Yates
Covington County Sheriff Department

December 13, 2018

May God bless you and your family. You paid the ultimate sacrifice. May you rest in peace my brother in blue.

(Ret.) Tpr. Dean Aires
PA State Police

December 13, 2018

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

Douglas Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Central Macomb Lodge #187 Macomb County Mich

December 13, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother

Criminal Investigator Greg Kouba
Victoria County Sheriff’s Office, Victoria, Texas

December 13, 2018

Rest easy Brother, Thank you for your service. You won’t be forgotten.

Blessed are the peacemakers: For they shall be called the children of God.

Matthew 5:9

Jerry Matalone #8046 (Retired)
Des Moines Iowa Police Department

December 13, 2018

Bertram family and friends may God grant you all with a speedy healing. Sgt. Bertram thank you for your dedicated service to your Community and to your Department. Most of all for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Res.Sgt.Rudy Jones
Cuyahoga Falls Police,Ohio

December 13, 2018

Rest in Peace Brother.

B.P. SULLIVAN, CPL (RET)
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

December 13, 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 Charlestown Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

December 13, 2018

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow co-workers of Sergeant Benton Bertram 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 Sergeant Benton Bertram.

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

December 13, 2018

Sending love and prayers condolences to his family friends fellow officers in blue. Your brothers and sisters have it from here-rest in peace

LivePD viewer @UMTwpCitizen Liz Hagan
UMTwpCitizen

December 13, 2018

Rest In Peace brother. See you in Heaven.

Officer Andrew Toplyn
Metro Transit Police Department-K9 Unit

December 13, 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

December 13, 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

December 13, 2018

Final Salute Sergeant Bertram. Thank you for your service. You are a hero. Rest peacefully in the presence of God. We are praying for the family and fellow officers.

Former Patrol Sergeant
Johnny Allison
Wylie TX Police Dept

December 13, 2018

RIP SGT BERTRAM

MSGT BRIAN DAIGLE ( RETIRED)
Louisiana DOC

December 13, 2018

A PRAYER DEDICATED TO SERGEANT BENTON BERTRAM:

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 Sergeant Benton Bertram, of the Charlestown, Indiana Police Department, who fell, as a result of an traffic collision while engaged in a vehicle pursuit, in the Line-of-Duty on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. We thank Sergeant Benton Bertram for his service to his community, county, state and his country, the United States of America. He is a "True Blue Hero”. Bless the lives of his family so that they might find healing. Help the Charlestown 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 Charlestown Police Department and the City of Charlestown, in which Sergeant Benton Bertram 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 Charlestown Police Department, in which Sergeant Benton Bertram served, please find comfort in these words from 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].

Rev. Dr. Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Licensed & Ordained Independent Christian Minister
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054
Chartered by the National Association of Christian Ministers

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

December 13, 2018

God took you way too soon. Words can’t mend a broken heart but my prayers go out to your family and friends. May you Rest In Peace with the many others that have lost their lives on the line of duty. God Rest Your Soul.

Hayley Nasby
Friend

December 13, 2018

Rest in peace Brother Benton, you are a true American 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

December 13, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother.

Corporal Joshua Welch
Coushatta Tribal Police Department

December 13, 2018

Rest easy sir, you’ve served us until the end. We’ve got it from here.

Jacob Rubio
Civilian, Charlestown Native

December 13, 2018

Rat in Leace Sgt Bertram. Thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten

Victor Megaro
Chicago Fire Dept (ret)

December 13, 2018

Rest easy brother and Godspeed. Until we meet again, we’ll take the watch from here. D54

Patrolman Brandon Lyons
Charlestown Police Department

December 13, 2018

R I P my brother, you will always be missed here in Charlestown. God's speed.

James Moreland

December 13, 2018