Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in heavenly peace

Mark Mottola

February 25, 2020

God Speed. I trust your journey was a good one. God Bless you, your family, friends, and colleagues , and comrades throughout the world.

Viola Grant
Ex-PO, US Army MP

February 25, 2020

May the Lord comfort your family, friends and co workers at this most difficult time.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in peace.

Sergeant David Sheetz (retired)
Houston Police Dept

February 25, 2020

Lord please bless the Gillete Family during the tragic loss of this warrior. Lord please keep and comfort the entire family as well as the South Carolina Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. REST IN OEACE BROTHER!

Antoine Thomas

February 25, 2020

R.I.P Corporal Andrew Gillette

Brian Molyneaux
Citizen

February 25, 2020

On behalf of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Corporal Andrew Gillette and the extended law enforcement family of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina.


End of Watch Tuesday, February 25, 2020.


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

February 25, 2020

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service. God's speed sir.

Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden

February 25, 2020

RIP Good and Faithful Servant. Gods peace to your family; blood and blue.

Chaplain Bill Roscoe
Canyon County Idaho Sheriffs Office

February 25, 2020

Rest In Peace brother. Prayers for family and Department. We got the watch from here.

F.T.O James McNatt
Jefferson Police Department, GA.

February 25, 2020

Rest in peace Brother.....My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of the SCSO during this most difficult and tragic time....

LT. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD

February 25, 2020

So sorry to read this. God Bless. Thanks for your service.

Detective
NYPD

February 25, 2020

Your uncle, a fellow deputy on my department, told us of your passing today. God bless, I will be saying a prayer for you and your family.

Deputy Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

February 25, 2020

May our wonderful God wrap his arms around you as you enter His house and He greets you with welcome my son and tells you job well done... May God hold this officers family in His hands and provide them with His love and May God provide the Law Enforcement family with strength you need to carry on your job..

Tom Johnson. Chief of Police...Ret
Oak Island Police Dept.

February 25, 2020

Hello Corporal Gillette,

On behalf of the Association of First Responders and Military Supporters, we would like to thank you for your service both as a military veteran and an officer of the law. You served your country well both ways. Godspeed on your journey to heaven, the better place.

Micah James;
Director at the Association of First Responders and Military Supporters;
AFRM;
Civilian;

February 25, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother

Deputy Shannon Yates
Covington County Sheriff Department

February 25, 2020

Dear Corporal Andrew Gillette,

I am heartbroken to learn of your tragic death. Thank you for your service, thank you. You are a hero in my book. My prayers of love and comfort to your wife, your son and family; and Department, friends and the community. I pray that we meet you in Heaven's Kingdom some day, and that your rewards be overflowing. Thank you and God rest your soul.

In prayers of sorrow,
Kim

KIM D DURHAM
Davis Police Department - Daughter

February 25, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother

Sgt. CCB (Ret)
USPP

February 25, 2020

Rest in peace Brother Andrew, you are a true American Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.

Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 07/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs OK PD

February 25, 2020

Rest in peace Corporal Gillette.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2020

RIP SIR PRAYERS WITH YOUR FAMILY AN FELLOW OFFICERS

David Reed retired Chief of Police
City of Bell California

February 25, 2020

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

February 25, 2020

We got it from here. Rest Peacefully Brother!!!

M/Trp W.T. McKinney
South Carolina Highway Patrol

February 25, 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
Nassau County PD, NY

February 25, 2020

May God welcome you with open arms. To the wife and son I am so sorry. Your husband and dad was a man that simply made it a better and safer place for all of us to be in. That makes him a hero. Again I am sorry. My prayers and respect always.

Sgt David Osborne
Tennessee Highway Patrol

February 25, 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 25, 2020