Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP SIR

Msgt. Brian Daigle
Louisiana DOC (Retired)

September 7, 2021

R.I.P Officer Trey Copeland

Brian Molyneaux
Citizen

September 7, 2021

Deepest sympathy to the family of Officer Trey Copeland, and to his Brothers and Sisters of the Cotton Valley, Police Department, Louisiana. May GOD give comfort, peace, and understanding for their loss. RIP Brother.

Chaplain Terry L. Longacre. MTPD (Retire
Red Rose Lodge FOP# 16 Lancaster, County, Pennsylvania

September 7, 2021

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

September 7, 2021

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

LT. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD

September 7, 2021

Praying for your family and coworkers. Thank you for your service. Rest In Peace

Maxine, mother of
Deputy Josh Rutherford EOW 5/29/03

September 7, 2021

RIP sir. Thank you for your service. Too the country and to the citizens of that community. God Speed healing to your family and friends..

Sr. Corporal
Virginia Department of Corrections

September 7, 2021

Rest, brother.

Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

September 7, 2021

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (retired)
Mobile County Child Support

September 7, 2021

Rest in Peace Officer Copeland. 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

September 7, 2021

Thank you for your dedicated service.

Todd Murry

September 7, 2021

God bless you Officer Trey Copeland, for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Cotton Valley Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

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

September 7, 2021

Rest In Peace! Thank You For Your Service!

Police Officer at Port Authority of Alle
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

September 7, 2021

Rest in Peace my brother.

Captain Bernard Flint
Department of Defense Police Division

September 7, 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 Part Time Officer, Trey Copeland, from complications of a fatal medical event. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Part Time Officer succumbs from a fatal medical event. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. Our Prayers and Thoughts to the Webster County Sheriff's Office where Officer Copeland served as a full time Correctional Officer. We also thank Officer Copeland for his service as a United States Navy Veteran.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

September 7, 2021

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.
Assistant Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (ASAC)
New York Field Office
Federal Air Marshal Service

September 7, 2021

deepest condolences to the officer's family and friends

Randal Glenn
Canada Border Services Officer retired

September 6, 2021

Rest in Peace Police Officer Trey Copeland! Thank you for your 1 year of service with the Cotton Valley Police Department, and for your 15 years of service with the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana, and for your service with the United States Navy. We are all thankful to you for your service, your devotion and your sacrifices, and also to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your wife, your two children, and your two grandchildren during this tragedy, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers go out to the rest 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

September 5, 2021

On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Police Officer Trey Copeland and the extended law enforcement family of the Cotton Valley Police Department, Louisiana.


End of Watch Tuesday, August 31, 2021


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 Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

September 5, 2021

Officer Copeland, you were a true hero and your reward in heaven will be abundant. May our Lord immerse you and your loved ones in His Divine Mercy. Rest in peace, good and faithful servant.

Jess Espinosa
Civilian

September 5, 2021

Requiescat in Paces

Sergeants Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

September 4, 2021

Rest In Peace, Officer Copeland. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

September 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 Cotton Valley Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

September 4, 2021

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

September 4, 2021

Rest easy brother. You will be missed.

Officer J Frye
Cotton valley police

September 4, 2021