Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Lieutenant James J. Kouski, Jr.

Hometown Police Department, Illinois

End of Watch Saturday, April 3, 2021

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Reflections for Lieutenant James J. Kouski, Jr.

R I P Brother

HERBERT E Buck Ret. Officer
NYSDOCS

April 5, 2021

REST IN PEACE LT. ! MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO YOUR FAMILY AND TO YOUR EXTENDED POLICE FAMILY.

Ret. Sgt. Nick Stasinopoulos Sr.
Chicago Police

April 5, 2021

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

April 5, 2021

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

Lieutenant Brian J. Wills II
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
New York

April 5, 2021

God bless you, your family and extended family in uniform

Sylvia Gonzalez
Widow and also sister of 2 Fallen Heroes

April 5, 2021

Rest in peace, Lieutenant Kouski. You deserve your divine reward.

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow officers at this difficult time.

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

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

April 5, 2021

Rest, brother.

Sgt Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

April 5, 2021

Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Officer Kouski and to the men and women of the Hometown Police Department. Rest in peace always knowing that your service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

April 5, 2021

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Police Officer James Kouski during this difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. May happy moments from the past bring forth precious memories to cherish for a lifetime. May God help heal their aching hearts. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace Police Officer James Kouski.

Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

April 5, 2021

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

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

April 5, 2021

Rest In Peace Police Officer James Kouski! Thank you for your 34 years of service with the Hometown Police Department, in Illinois. We are all thankful to you for your service, your devotion and your sacrifices, and to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your family, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers go out to all of your family and to all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew5:9)

Kelly & Eddie King

April 5, 2021

Rest In Peace, Lieutenant Kouski. You will forever be remembered. I just wish we could have been there that night.

Fair winds my brother.

Detective D. Lopez
Merrionette Park Police Department

April 5, 2021

Rest in peace Sir. Thoughts and prayers for the immediate family and fellow HPD officers and staff. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. God bless all our first responders.

Former Reserve Deputy Sheriff Eddie Al
Osceola County Sheriff Office FL

April 5, 2021

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Officer, James Kouski, from complications of being struck by a vehicle. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Officer succumbs from injuries of being struck by a vehicle. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

April 5, 2021

Our deepest condolences to the family, friends and department of Officer Kouski. The EOW Riders thank you for your service, your ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Allison McCarter
Beyond the Call of Duty
EOW Ride to Remember

April 5, 2021

All give some, some give all, Rest in Peace!

PTL B L Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

April 5, 2021

Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry, proclaimed, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13 ESV]

Pastor Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, RPP
Ordained/Licensed Independent Christian Clergy
Associate Pastor with the United National Church

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department

April 5, 2021

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

April 5, 2021

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

April 4, 2021

Thank you for your long time service to your community and out country. You will be missed. Rest in peace.

Sgt. Doug Kazensky (Longview, WA)
Longview (WA) Police Department

April 4, 2021

Kouski family and friends may God grant all of you with a speedy healing. Officer Kouski thank you for your service to your Community and Department. Most of all thank you for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Rudy Jones ( Retired )
Former Cuyahoga Falls Ohio Police Dept

April 4, 2021

Rest in Peace Officer Kouski. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Kouski Family and the Hometown Police Department.

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

April 4, 2021

Rest in eternal Peace, good and faithful public servant.
God has already reserved a special place for our peacemakers.
Please continue your careful and diligent watch over us.
When Law Enforcement perishes, a proud and caring nation mourns.
Thank you for your heroic sacrifice!
Thank you for your selfless service!
Thank you for your guardian protection!

Our prayers to the family and department.

Charles F. Holloway, Jr.
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
Elizabethtown Police Department

April 4, 2021

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Hometown Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

April 4, 2021

Deepest sympathy to the family of Officer Kouski and to his Brothers and Sisters of the Hometown Police Department,Illinois. May GOD give comfort, peace, and understanding to their loss. RIP brother.

Chaplain Terry Longacre.
Red Rose Lodge FOP# 16 Lancaster, County, Pennsylvania

April 4, 2021

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