Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer Nicholas Vella

Huntington Beach Police Department, California

End of Watch Saturday, February 19, 2022

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Reflections for Police Officer Nicholas Vella

On behalf of the men and women of the St. Louis Police Department, may you Rest in Peace.

A fellow copper
St. Louis Police Department

February 22, 2022

Prayers & Condolences.
Rest in peace Officer Vella.

Sgt. Randy Keenan ~ (Retired)
City of Alameda, CA Police Department

February 22, 2022

On behalf of Session 72 from the Zone Five Academy in New York State, We send out our condolences to the friends and family of Nicholas Vella and the Huntington Beach Police Department.

Session 72
Zone Five

February 22, 2022

RIP Officer Vella. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach

Sergeant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police

February 22, 2022

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

February 21, 2022

Rest in peace, Officer Vella. Thank you for your service.

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

February 21, 2022

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 Huntington Beach Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

February 21, 2022

To the family, friends and coworkers of Police Officer Nicholas Vella: I am deeply sorry for your loss. May God watch over you all during this most difficult time. Rest In Peace Nicholas!

Reserve Deputy Brian Jacobsen
Mahaska County Iowa Sheriff’s Office

February 21, 2022

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Police Officer Nicholas Vella. I am so sorry for your loss. The service and sacrifice of Officer Vella will not be forgotten.

Deborah C.
Wife, Mother, Aunt of LEOs
Maryland

February 21, 2022

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

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

February 21, 2022

Rest easy brother Thank you for your service may your sacrifice or memory never fade.

Retired #8046 Jerry Matalone
Des Moines Iowa Police Department

February 21, 2022

Rest in eternal Peace, good and faithful public servant.
God has already reserved a final resting 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

February 20, 2022

Rest in Peace Police Officer Nicholas Vella! Thank you for your 14 years of service with the Huntington Beach Police Department, in California and for your previous 2 years of service with the Laguna Beach Police Department. Thank 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, and your daughter during this terrible 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!! (Matthew 5:9)

Kelly & Eddie King

February 20, 2022

Requiescat in Paces

Sergeant Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

February 20, 2022

Very sad. Rest in peace brother.

Former Corporal Brian Sullivan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

February 20, 2022

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

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

February 20, 2022

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

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

February 20, 2022

RIP & Thank U

Lt ( Ret ) Mason Rhodes
PD East Greenwich, RI

February 20, 2022

We will remember.

Ms. Eleanore Trupkiewicz
Civilian Supporter of Law Enforcement

February 20, 2022

On behalf of my Family and Department we send our Condolences

Chief Court Clerk Barbara Dexter
Marked Tree District Court

February 20, 2022

On behalf of the Alexandria Marshal's Office Division of Police, Alexandria, Ohio, we would like to offer our condolences to his family both blood and blue. Rest in peace Brother, we'll take it from here.

Deputy Marshal Jeff Finley
Alexandria Marshal's Office

February 20, 2022

On behalf of the Alexandria Marshal's Office Division of Police, Alexandria, Ohio, we would like to offer our condolences to his family both blood and blue. Rest in peace Brother, we'll take it from here.

Deputy Marshal Jeff Finley
Alexandria Marshal's Office

February 20, 2022

Rest, brother.

Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

February 20, 2022

Rest Now Brother

Officer Shannon Yates
Collins Police Department (MS)

February 20, 2022

Rest In Peace brother. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and department during this tragic time. Matthew 5:9

Lieutenant Don Barton
Garden City PD, MI

February 20, 2022

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