Northampton County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina
End of Watch Thursday, November 14, 2019
Reflections for Deputy Sheriff Makeem Rictrell Brooks
Rest in Peace, good and faithful servant.
God has already reserved a special place
for our protectors.
Please continue your watch over us.
Thank you for your service!
Thank you for your protection!
Our prayers to the family and department.
Charles F. Holloway, Jr.
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
Elizabethtown Police Department
November 15, 2019
Thank You for your service My Brother In Blue. My sincere condolences to your family, friends, and the Members of The Northampton County Sheriffs Office.
Tommy Schoenfeld, Chief of Police, Ret.
Brookfield P.D., Brookfield IL.
November 15, 2019
Rest in peace Deputy Brooks, my sincere condolences to your family and to your department. God speed as you now patrol the streets of gold. Your ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten.
TERRY ZECH, OFC(RET)
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS POLICE DEPARTMENT DETROIT MICHIGAN
November 15, 2019
Deputy Sheriff Makeem Brooks rest in peace.
Condolences and prayers for family and friends.
Sgt. Randy Keenan ~ (Retired)
City of Alameda, CA Police Department
November 15, 2019
Rest In Heaven My Friend... Another GREAT One gone to soon!
Lynette Clements, Chief
Whitakers Police Department
Whitakers, North Carolina
November 15, 2019
R.I.P Deputy Sheriff Makeem Brooks
BRIAN MOLYNEAUX
citizen
November 15, 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.
Officer Jim Weaver (#11452), Los Angeles Police Department retired
12-25-2010
Officer Jim Weaver
Los Angeles Police Department retired
November 15, 2019
Rest in peace Sheriff Brooks!
You will not be forgotten!
Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!
November 15, 2019
Rest in Peace Deputy Brooks. Thank you for your Service.
My Prayers to your Family both Blood and Blue.
Corporal Terri Albright, #668
DuPage County Sheriff's Office
November 15, 2019
R I P Brother
Herbie Buck Ret. Officer
NYSDOCS
November 15, 2019
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.
Back the Blue, Kate
November 15, 2019
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
Abraham Lincoln
Lieutenant E.Kemmer
Nevada Department of Public Safety
November 15, 2019
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
November 15, 2019
Rest in peace Brother....My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of the NCSO during this most difficult and tragic time....
LT. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD
November 15, 2019
Deputy Brooks,
May you rest in the arms of God and may God be with your family.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD
November 15, 2019
Deputy Brooks, I am saddened to hear of your untimely death today. I Thank you for your service to your State. Your huge smile tells me how happy you were to join the ranks of law enforcement! May you Rest in Peace now, Brother.
Mary Milam
Sergeant (Ret)
Chicago Police Department
Flowery Branch, GA
November 15, 2019
My deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of Deputy Sheriff Brooks. May his soul forever rest in peace, and May God bless his family.
First Sergeant Thomas Webb, Retired.
New York State Police
November 15, 2019
Rest in Peace.
Thank you for your service.
Chief R. A. McCann
Armour College Police
November 15, 2019
So young! Thank you for your service and ultimate sacrifice! May God bless you and your family every minute of every day through eternity... RIP my friend...
Patrolman Louis A Vasquez
Boston Police Department
November 15, 2019
Godspeed Deputy Sheriff Makeem Brooks
Capt. Scott Green
Waller County, TX Sheriff’s Office
November 15, 2019
On behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Deputy Sheriff Makeem Brooks and the extended law enforcement family of the Northampton County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina.
End of Watch Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.
I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, But tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.
By Jon F. Hooper
"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation
November 15, 2019
Rest In Peace Brother
james oneill
NYPD
November 15, 2019
Rest in peace Brother.`
Arrend Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.
November 15, 2019
Rest in peace Deputy Sheriff Brooks.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
November 15, 2019
Rest easy my brother!
Officer Lara
Town of Greenburgh Police Department, NY
November 15, 2019
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