Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I am Jarid Taylor's sister. I am in the process of creating his second memorial slowpitch softball tournament, the first time being 'in charge' of doing a tournament without him (aka, it was really him in charge - he knew what he was doing way better than I do!)... I was struggling with words to find when writing the description of the tournament - there's so much to say, but of course, you can't say it all. So, I looked up his name for some assistance. I stumbled upon this website with all of these kind words. While it makes me so happy to see everyone in prayer and keeping our family in mind, it still breaks my heart that he is not here. Maybe that's why I lack in finding words - nothing would be enough to describe him or his contribution to this world in just a few quick sentences. I miss my older brother, my best friend, my confidant, every day... nothing will ever quite be or feel the same without him physically here in our lives. But even so, I deeply thank the people behind the scenes we may not think about being there for us, even when we don't necessarily realize it. Your kind words and prayers lift us up, and encourage the reminder that he is continuously thought about and remembered for who he was.
Thank you all.

Cassidy McDaris
Sister

September 5, 2021

I saw your memorial today on The Ride To Remember travelling memorial in Springfield, MO. The love of your family showed.

Patrolman/Det. (retired) Joseph Curry
Springfield, Missouri Police Dept.

August 8, 2021

Today, I will not answer the radio call that your 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 murderer or a car thief.

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 a car or the child you were too busy to watch who went outside and fell into the swimming pool, but that I revived.

No, today I will not do that.

Why?

Today, I was suspended from duty for doing my job, because the media, liberals, a community organizer, a lawyer who formally represented terrorists and is the US attorney general and a mayor who ran on an anti-police agenda, who are all advised by a drug dealer, liar and income tax cheat. AND, all who know nothing about Policing, have vilified my profession.

Because ----

Today, I was killed by a drunk driver while I was helping push a disabled car off the highway.

Today, I was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop to simply tell someone that they had a taillight out.

Today, I was killed in a traffic accident rushing to help a citizen.

Today, I was shot and killed serving a warrant on a known drug dealer.

Today, I was killed by a man when I came by to do a welfare check because his family was too 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 an officer will go to a house and tell a mom and dad or a wife or husband or a child that their son or daughter or husband or wife or father or mother won't be coming home today.

The flags at many police stations were flown at half-mast today 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 and bagpipes 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 mourn.

There will be no cries for justice.
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

It has been a year today since you paid the ultimate sacrifice doing what you love and the selflessness that you showed your community.

My thoughts and prayers go out to your family and your brothers and sisters in blue as another great officer was taken from us to soon. You will never be forgotten!
Rest Easy Brother as we will take it from here.

Misty Lang
Great Great Niece of Fallen Officer William Hiram Givens McDonald County Sheriff's Department, McDonald County Missouri EOW 02-04-1984

January 14, 2021

My deepest condolences!

Dawn Tarlip

September 27, 2020

Thank you Jarid for your unselfish sacrifice in giving your heart to what you genuinely loved doing. Our county has truly missed your presence as well as the BCSO. You are in our hearts and conversation on a daily basis. We have not forgotten you nor do we ever intend to. We miss your humor, your loyalty and that smile around here. Even though I didn't get to ride with you very much, I felt a great connection and will always remember our conversation that night about the Lord and your relationship with Him. May God bless those of your family who are left behind and continue to comfort them as only He can.

Chaplain/Reserve deputy Jesse West
Bryan Co. Sheriff's Office

July 16, 2020

Praying for your family, friends, colleagues, agencies during this very difficult time for them and all of us. Thank you for your service! We shall remember you with pride and admiration always! May God Bless the Blue!

“The peacemakers are blessed, for they will be called sons [children] of God.” [Matthew 5:9 HCSB];

“Those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4 HCSB], and;

“No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13 HCSB]

Depart in peace, Brother-in-Blue; in the name of God the Father who created you; in the name of Christ Jesus who redeemed you; in the name of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies you. May you rest in peace and dwell forever with the Lord. Amen.

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, CIMT, NCCA
Ordained/Licensed/Certified Independent Ecumenical Clergy / Chaplain
Ministry: Law Enforcement Chaplaincy
Merrimack, NH 03054

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

July 1, 2020

Deputy Taylor,

Thank you for your sacrifice for our nation. May you be with the Lord and may he be with your family.

Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD

March 30, 2020

On behalf of my family, I extend our sincerest condolences on the grievous loss you suffered when Jarid was killed in the line of duty.

To the Taylor family, fellow officers, and all who call Jarid 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. I know that that you will receive that same kind of support. It makes the unbearable less torturous, and I pray for your solace.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the dedicated service Deputy Taylor gave to his community and the citizens of Oklahoma and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on January 14, 2020.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

February 14, 2020

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers during this difficult time. Your service and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Thomas H. Kelly Jr., ASAC
Federal Air Marshal Service

February 6, 2020

Thank you for your service sir GOD BLESS.

Mrs.C Singleton /Concern Citizen

February 5, 2020

Rest in peace Deputy Taylor. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Former Reserve Deputy Sheriff , OCSO FL
Osceola County Sheriff Office

February 4, 2020

Deputy Taylor, thank you for your service. Our hearts and prayers go out to those who feel the pain of your passing the most, but I know that so long as they keep you in their hearts and minds, you will never truly be gone.

God Bless and may you forever rest in peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Department

February 3, 2020

Rest In Peace DS Taylor. Thank you for your service. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

Deputy Director Michael Karnbach
GA Drugs and Narcotics Agency

February 1, 2020

God bless your family, friends, co workers, and department during their time of sorrow.

Retired Deputy Sheriff Jeff Mayo
Brother of D.F.C. Hilery A. Mayo Jr. E.O.W. 06-09-07.
Trustee, Police Unity Tour Chapter VIII

January 27, 2020

Deputy Sheriff Taylor, I thank you for your brave service to your community as you raced to the call! I am so sorry that it took your young life. May God watch over you and your family now and guide them in the right direction along with you. Rest in Peace, Brother.

Mary Milam
Sergeant (Ret)
Chicago Police Department

Flowery Branch, GA

January 24, 2020

PRAYERS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TO OUR FAMILY OF BLUE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT HERO AND A GREAT WARRIOR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MOTHER OF A DALLAS POLICE WOMAN LINDA K
NONE

January 23, 2020

To the family of Deputy Sheriff Jarid Taylor, friends, Sheriff Johnny and the Christian Bryan County Sheriff's Office.
You are lifted up in heart, thought and prayer. May God comfort, hold you close and give you His peace that surpasses all understanding to keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus now and always. Thank you for your service!
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John 3:16 & 17

Patrolman A.S. Batson
CH / OB PD
Goldsboro, NC

January 22, 2020

The true measure of a person
is not found in the
might of their arm,
their wealth
or their power –
it is found in the strength
of their character.

There is no greater testimony to
ones character, than ones
willingness to sacrifice all,
in the noble quest of
providing protection to all
whom they serve.
Author Unknown

Javier Cornejo
Police Officer, Retired
City of Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

January 22, 2020

The true measure of a person
is not found in the
might of their arm,
their wealth
or their power –
it is found in the strength
of their character.

There is no greater testimony to
ones character, than ones
willingness to sacrifice all,
in the noble quest of
providing protection to all
whom they serve.
Author Unknown

Javier Cornejo
Police Officer, Retired
City of Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

January 22, 2020

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Rest In Peace Deputy Taylor. Our deepest heartfelt condolences to all of your family, friends, and brothers and sisters at Bryan County Sheriff's Office.

Postal Inspector Scott Horne
US Postal Inspection Service

January 22, 2020

You helped make this world a safer place to live.
May God grant you eternal peace.
Prayers to your loved ones and to your department.

Det. Billy Russo (Ret.)
Nassau County PD, NY

January 21, 2020

Requiescat in Pacem

Police Officer Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

January 21, 2020

RIP Brother.

Trf Ofc. (ret) G V Daunhauer
Jacksonville Sheriff Office

January 21, 2020

Rest in peace Deputy Taylor. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends, and the members of the BCSO during this most difficult and tragic time.

Sgt. Scott Seitz
Plainsboro Township NJ Police Department

January 21, 2020

Condolences to the family, friends and fellow officers from Blue Knights NC II

Frank Spears
Chaplain
Blue Knight NC II

January 20, 2020