Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Detective. Our family in blue and our great city is heartbroken. Your family are in my heart and in my prayers.

Francine (Police Mom)
NYPD blue family

February 13, 2019

Thank you for your service, Detective Simonsen, we will take it from here. My prayers are for your family both blood and blue. Texas LEO

Investigator Marco Robles
Hunt County Attorney’s Office

February 12, 2019

God speed......

Police Officer Suzy Regan (retired) LAPD-Modesto PD

February 12, 2019

Walk well, my Brother. (Inuit Prayer)

Donnie Bowerman
Retired LEO
CMSUPD, IPD, KCPD, JCSD, DEA

February 12, 2019

Rest in peace brother.

Lieutenant Raymond Flores
NYPD

February 12, 2019

Rest in Peace Detective Brian Simonsen . Thank You for Your Service. My Condolences to your Family, Friends and Coworkers.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Fire Crew Officer/correctional peace off. Retired

February 12, 2019

AVENUE OF THE FALLEN…

Standing at attention in their class “A“ uniforms,
badges gleaming and shoes like glass, are your brothers and sisters of Law Enforcement.
All of whom have previously paid the ultimate price.
Today, like many others, they welcome you to this wonderful place.
As you march down the Avenue of the Fallen, all eyes focus on you as if to say “it’s OK, you’re with your eternal partners.”
A salute is followed and a tear can be seen on so many faces.
Welcome, you served well.
Now come join us in the ranks, another is coming home…

Joe Lanier (a former Asst. Chief of Jasper, Texas PD)

February 12, 2019

To the family, friends, and 5he NYPD family please accept our deepest sympathies on behalf of me, my family, and members of the NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation Police Benevolent Association.

Retired Police Officer I. Howard Friedm
NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation

February 12, 2019

Rest In Peace Det. Simonsen. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Simonsen Family and the NYPD.

Corporal Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office Wayne, New Jersey

February 12, 2019

"The Final Inspection"
The policeman stood and faced his God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining.
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My church have you been true?"
The policeman squared his shoulders and said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry badges can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
Because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep....
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't.....I'll understand.
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, policeman,
You've borne your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in hell."
Author Unknown

Sergeant Chad Miner
Powell Police department
Powell, Wyoming

February 12, 2019

In uniform or plain clothes a cop will allway go to where help is needed its in gods hands now Thank him for his service

Tow truck driver Peter Rodriguez
Ajaxtowing712

February 12, 2019

RIP, my Brother in Blue. Thank you for your Service and Duty. Condolences to your immediate family, the 102 Family, and the our fellow NYPD Family.

Det. John A. Licato
NYPD

February 12, 2019

Godspeed Brother in Blue ....

Kathleen Guiseppone
NYPD ( ret)

February 12, 2019

Rest easy Brother. Prayers and condolences for family, friends and coworkers.

Career Officer (Ret.) Victor Agosto
Chesterfield County Police (Va.)

February 12, 2019

May the good Lord grant you eternal rest. Rest In Peace.

CEO Serge Loukianoff
American Public Safety

February 12, 2019

RIP officer. Prayers to your blood, love and blue families. And please keep extra watch over the brother or sister in blue that made this mistake. It's heartbreaking for all.

Deputy Sheriff Terri Van Houten
Rock Country Sheriff's Office

February 12, 2019

Very sorry to learn about this tragic loss. My sympathies to Detective Simonsen's family.

Lizzie Lee

February 12, 2019

Detective, your Watch has Ended. We have it from here. Rest in Peace, my brother.

Captain Bernard Flint
Department of Defense Police Division

February 12, 2019

Rest In Peace My Brother

Deputy Shannon Yates
Covington County Sheriff Department

February 12, 2019

What a horrible tragedy. Rest easy, and for the surviving officer get well soon. The blue family always has your back. We got it from here

Patrol officer J Scotti
Rcpd

February 12, 2019

Lord God, our hearts and prayers go out to the City of New York, New York Police Department and for the family, friends, and colleagues of Detective Brian Simonsen, of the City of New York Police Department, who was shot and killed in the Line-of-Duty on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Father God, have mercy on us and their souls. Rest easy my Brother-in-Blue. We will take it from here! Now, join the Lord and rejoice in Paradise! God speed! Amen.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4]
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” [Matthew 5:9]
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div
Ordained / Licensed as an Independent Christian Minister
The Peacemakers Law Enforcement Chaplaincy
Merrimack, NH 03054

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Nashua Police Department
Panther Drive
Nashua, NH 03061

February 12, 2019

God bless you Detective Brian Simonsen for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the New York Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

February 12, 2019

Rest in peace, Detective Simonsen. You deserve your divine reward.

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow officers at this difficult time. May God especially bless those who mistakenly shot you for they are grieving your loss and feeling great pain, which you have already forgiven. God bless the NYPD during this trying time.

God bless and protect the Thin Blue Line that protects us all.

Private Citizen Kathryn Felts
Mother of & Family Member of Law Enforcement

February 12, 2019

Rest In Peace brother.

Officer Michael Stivers
Byrnes Mill, MO. PD

February 12, 2019

How awful. Let all those involved know they were doing their best.

Chief John LeLacheur
Beverly Police

February 12, 2019