Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

You went out of your way to help me transition from Chicago PD to Jacksonville Beach PD. I don't think you truly knew how much it meant to me, you were my mentor. You are my brother. I would go through a door with you anytime while you were here with us. We have your back Dan, like Harper said...your JBPD family will always be there for your boys. So you rest easy my friend, you gave it your all.

Officer Brad DiFiore
Jacksonville Beach Police Department

September 8, 2021

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts 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 Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts.

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

September 8, 2021

Rest brother - we have your six

Captain (Retired) Mark M. Pifcitelli
Jacksonville Beach Police Department

September 8, 2021

Rest in peace Sergeant Watts.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 8, 2021

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

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

September 8, 2021

Rest in peace.

J.R.

September 7, 2021

RIP Brother, Prayers are with your Family and Brothers in Blue.

Sr Inv. Donald Markert Ret.
NYSP BCI

September 7, 2021

Rest in Peace Sgt. Watts. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Watts Family and the Jacksonville Police Department.

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

September 7, 2021

R.I.P Sergeant Daniel Watts

Brian Molyneaux
Citizen

September 7, 2021

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts. Please know we are eternally grateful for Daniel’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Sergeant Watts, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department in Jacksonville Beach, Florida for Daniel’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 sent a Folded Flag Necklace engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts’ father.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
Executive Director-POINT 27

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department-Reserve Division
POINT 27 National Outreach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison
[email protected]
214-908-2617

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department Reserve Division
POINT 27- National Out Reach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison

September 7, 2021

Rest in Peace Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts! Thank you for your 23 years of service with the Jacksonville Beach Police Department in Florida. 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 Father and your two children 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 7, 2021

Deepest sympathy to the family of Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts, and to his Brothers and Sisters of the Jacksonville Beach, Police Department, Florida. May GOD give peace, comfort, and understanding for their loss.RIP Brother.

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

September 7, 2021

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

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

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

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

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Sergeant, Daniel Eugene Watts, from complications of the COVID-19 Virus. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Sergeant succumbs from this deadly virus. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

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

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

September 7, 2021

On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts and the extended law enforcement family of the Jacksonville Beach Police Department, Florida.


End of Watch Wednesday, September 1, 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 7, 2021

I can’t believe you’re gone. It seems like yesterday we stood around and talked after a call downtown. You’re laughter could always bring me out of a funk on a bad day and your work ethic was contagious. You were and always will be a cop’s cop. Rest easy Dan, your JBPD family will always be there for your boys.

Officer Thomas Harper, Jacksonville Beac
JBPD

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

God bless you Sergeant Daniel Eugene Watts, for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Jacksonville Beach Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

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

September 7, 2021

Rest in Peace Sergeant Watts. 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