Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace brother

PO Daniel Staple
NYPD

September 23, 2021

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

September 23, 2021

RIP sir, and thank you for your service to our great nation.

Retired First Sergeant Thomas Webb
New York State Police - Troop "D"

September 23, 2021

Rest In Peace, Captain MacAlpine. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

September 23, 2021

I remember the first time that I met you Mac. It was 20 years ago and I was a young Trooper working a wreck in Wilmington and you arrived in your black Mustang all lit up offering to help me. We talked and quickly became friends. A few years later, I would leave the coast and go back home to the Triangle. I would run into you several more times over the years at Governors Highway Safety events in Raleigh and Durham. We would always catch up and it seemed like no time at all had passed since we last spoke. You always looked sharp in your uniform with sharp creases, shined shoes and gear, and you definitely displayed a command presence. I have no doubt that you touched far too many lives to count in your career and that you left this world world a little better than you found it. Rest In Peace my friend, you earned it.

First Sergeant David Scott Smith
NCSHP

September 22, 2021

Rest In Peace my friend

Police officer F.R. Gonzalez
NCS Ports Authority PD

September 22, 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 22, 2021

I would like to offer my condolences to the family and friends of Captain David MacAlpine. I am truly sorry for your loss. The service and sacrifice of Captain MacAlpine for this country, and the people of North Carolina, will not be forgotten. I am praying for your comfort and peace.

Deborah C.
Wife, Mother, Aunt of LEOs
Maryland

September 22, 2021

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

September 22, 2021

RIP brother. Thoughts and prayers

Director of Investigations (Ret. NJ LEO)
NC Judicial Standards Commission

September 22, 2021

Rest in Peace Mac. Prayers for your family and the NHCSO. You will be missed.

Captain Thomas E. Tilmon
City of Wilmington Police Department

September 22, 2021

Mac, you will be missed sir! A great guy and honored to have served with you! Yes, I still have my gallon jug with me.

Assistant Chief Daniel Fuller
Burgaw Police Department

September 22, 2021

Rest in Peace Captain MacAlpine. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the MacAlpine Family and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office.

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

September 22, 2021

Rest in Peace Captain MacAlpine. 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 22, 2021

Rest in peace Captain MacAlpine.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 22, 2021

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Correctional Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County(Minneapolis)- Adult Corrections Facility

September 22, 2021

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

Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden & State Trooper (Retired)

September 22, 2021

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

September 22, 2021

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

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

September 22, 2021

Rest in Peace Captain David Edwin MacAlpine! Thank you for your 30 years of service with New Hanover County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina and for your service with the United States Marine Corps. We are all thankful to you for your service, your devotion and your sacrifices, and also to you family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your wife, your son, your two daughters, your two granddaughters, and your mother 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 21, 2021

Rest easy Captain... Prayers for your family.

Sergeant Calvin Grantham
Shelby County Sheriff's Office

September 21, 2021

I can't explain how much this amazing coworker and friend has impacted so many lives in his walk here on earth. I have know him for almost 30 plus years. Captain Mack has always been a top notch leader and friend to everyone he came encounter with. I will miss his upbeat personality and sense of humor.RIP Brother....

Deputy Larry Hubert Ward
New Hanover County Sheriff's Office

September 21, 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 21, 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 New Hanover County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

September 21, 2021

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Capitan David Edwin MacAlpine. Please know we are eternally grateful for David’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Capitan MacAlpine, 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 New Hanover County Sheriff's Office in Castle Hayne, North Carolina for David’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 Capitan David Edwin MacAlpine’s wife.

Also sent to the MacAlpine Family from Shields of Strength is a United States Marines Dog Tag to honor David’s dedication to the US Marines.

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 21, 2021