Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

S. I. Drake - Lt/IPD | IMPD (Ret)

February 5, 2020

Rest in Peace Officer O'Rear. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, coworkers and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

February 5, 2020

RIP Officer O'Rear. Our prayers go out to your young family, friends and Brothers and Sisters at the Kimberly Police Department.

Chief Fabian Lizarraga
Fort Bragg, CA, Police Department

February 5, 2020

Thank you for your service, your fidelity and your courageous commitment to your profession.

God bless you, your family and your law enforcement family.

State Investigator
California Secretary of State, Investigative Services Unit

February 5, 2020

Thank you Officer O'Rear for your hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of Alabama. You are a true American HERO. My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers. May you forever rest in peace, my brother.

HEROES NEVER DIE...

Sergeant Mitchell G. Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

February 5, 2020

A real "Hero" taken.
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.

February 5, 2020

R.I.P.

Officer J Everitt
Conroe Police Department

February 5, 2020

May God welcome you with open arms. To the wife and children always know your Husband and Dad is an American Hero. He simply made it a place safer for all of us to be in. My prayers and respect always.

Sgt David Osborne
Tennessee Highway Patrol

February 5, 2020

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

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

February 5, 2020

God bless you Officer Nick O’Rear for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Kimberly Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

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

February 5, 2020

Rest in Peace Officer O'Rear. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the O'Rear Family and the Kimberly Police Department.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

February 5, 2020

Praying for the family

Carol Burgess

February 5, 2020

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. AMEN

Police Officer Ryan Lay
Cincinnati Police Department

February 5, 2020

"Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord and perpetual light shine upon him. "

Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart, Fl Police Chaplain

February 5, 2020

Prayers sent

Karen Handley

February 5, 2020

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue

BLR
Retired telecommunicator

February 5, 2020

My brother some gave some and some gave all and you did just that and more .May God comfort and bless your family and your colleagues and may justice be dealt swiftly to the perpetrator and to the fullest extent of the law. God bless you my brother.

Deputy Sheriff (Ret.)
Burke County Sheriff's Department

February 5, 2020

Rest in peace and may the hand of God touch ypur loving family during this time!

Shannon Stomps

February 5, 2020

Go Rest High on That Mountain and have everlasting peace my brother in blue.

Retired Deputy Cliff Ellis
Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, Lenoir, N. C.

February 5, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother.

Cpl. Michael Stivers
Byrnes Mill, MO. PD

February 5, 2020

Eternal peace brother. You mattered.

Robert Drake, retired Detective.
NYPD

February 5, 2020

Rest, brother.

Sgt Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

February 5, 2020

Rest easy in the hands of Our Lord Brother! Never to be Forgotten.

Special Agent (Retired) Ed Coyle
NCIS

February 5, 2020

Rest in peace Officer O'Rear. Humbled to leave the first reflection for a Dixie state hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 5, 2020

RIP, Officer O’Rear. Praying for you and your loved ones.

Officer C Curione
Rochester Police Department, NY

February 5, 2020