Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Officer Familia and to the men and women of the Worcester Police Department. Officer Familia, thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren. Rest in peace always.

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

June 5, 2021

Rest In Peace, you served with honor and pride.

Patrolman Chris Day
East Providence Police Department.

June 5, 2021

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

June 5, 2021

God bless you Officer and your family. RIP in our loving Lord's arms. Thank you for trying to save that child...you are a hero.

Cindy Bucher
Proud mom of a Waco, Texas Police Officer

Cindy Bucher
Proud mom of a Waco, Texas Police Officer

June 5, 2021

We are but fleeting moments.
Your bravery and sacrifice will make you a star that will shine brightly long after the rest of us are but distant memories.
Sleep well, brother.

Ben Lacey
London Metropolitan Police (Ret)

June 5, 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

June 5, 2021

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

June 5, 2021

Rest In Peace brother. Thank you for service and sacrifice!

Crystal Washington

June 5, 2021

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Police Officer Emmanuel Familia. I believe our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the Golden Streets of Heaven. May the Lord deliver Blessings, Comfort and Peace to his Family, Friends and all Members of the Worcester Police Department, Massachusetts.

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

June 5, 2021

God Bless you Warrior Brother. Thank you for your unselfish dedication to help others. Sending my Heartfelt condolences and Prayers for all.

Chief Garry Couso-Vasquez

June 5, 2021

Rip my brother

Sgt A Clanton
Cross County Sheriff's Department

June 5, 2021

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13)

Officer Familia laid down his life for a complete stranger. This is a great love. Desiring to help someone in need, not thinking of himself, he gave his all.

We need more people like this in the world. Selfless. Caring. Doing their best. Regardless of the cost.

But my heart breaks for his family and their great loss. To his wife, son, and daughter: I am praying for you. May God comfort you and help you during this most difficult time. May He be your strength and give you peace every day. His grace is carrying you until you can breathe again … and then every day for the rest of your lives.

A LEO mother
San Luis Obispo Police Department

June 5, 2021

Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for another. RIP my brother and may God bless and comfort your loved ones.

Deputy Sheriff (Ret) Glen Allison
Tarrant Co SO Ft Worth Texas

June 4, 2021

Rest in Peace my Brother in Arms

Anrae G Godley-Cooper
U.S. Army Military Police

June 4, 2021

I’m praying for your family, friends and coworkers. Thank you for your service. Rest In Peace

Maxine Clifford
Mother, Deputy Josh Rutherford EOW 5/29/03

June 4, 2021

Heavenly Father, the sudden and tragic death of Police Officer Emmanuel Familia, of the Worcester MA Police Department, in the Line-of-Duty, has filled our Law Enforcement family’s eyes with tears and our hearts with sorrow. We are distressed by the mysteries of Your Providence. As Your child we want so much to say, “Not my will, but Your will be done,” but at times we find it difficult to do. Forgive us and help us. We pray by Your Holy Spirit, to accept Your ways as always best. Apply to these wounded hearts the healing touch of Your precious promises, and let them soon experience its power. Teach us not to mourn as those who have no hope. Wipe away the tears from our eyes that we may be able to see through the mist, beyond death and the grave, to the Resurrection and Life assured by the glorious victory of our Savior Jesus Christ over death and the grave. May the passing of Police Officer Emmanuel Familia remind us that we, too, are but pilgrims and strangers on earth. Grant us the grace to love less and less the things that are material and temporal, and to love more and more the things that are spiritual and eternal. Teach us to number our days and to apply our heart to the wisdom taught by Jesus Christ, that He is the Way and the Truth and the Life, and that no one comes to You, O God, but by Him. In the Holy Name of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.

During His three (3) year ministry, the Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed, “The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends.” [John 15:13 GW]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, RPP, NCCA
Ordained / Licensed Independent Christian Clergy
United States Grace Force – “GOD STRONG”

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

June 4, 2021

Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for another. God bless and thank you Officer Familia for your sacrifice.

Joe Thomason Jr

June 4, 2021

God bless you brother, rest well.

SDDO K Chan
ICE / ERO Boston

June 4, 2021

Officer Familia, your service and sacrifice define the highest ideal of a true servant of the people. You are a hero in the purist sense. I thank you and offer my sincere condolences to your family, department and the community you so faithfully served.

Investigator Kris Nelsen (retired)
Bishop, California Police Department

June 4, 2021

A true hero. My heart goes out to the family. May. God. Bless the family. Fellow officers.

Patrolman. Retired. PTSD
Youngstown Ohio. PD.

June 4, 2021

God Bless you Brother. May God watch over your family. RIP. Your shift is done.

Sgt. B. Burton {RET}
FWPD

June 4, 2021

Thank you for your service!! Prayers going up for your family from Central Virginia.

Vikki M
A Supporter of 1st Responders

June 4, 2021

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

Ptl. B L Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

June 4, 2021

Rest in Peace Great American with God's Speed

RetiredParole officer 41st Precinct So.
New York State Parole

June 4, 2021

May you Rest in Peace Great American Semper Fi Brother Wayne

Parole officer 41st Precinct So. Bronx
New York State Parole

June 4, 2021