Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office offers our heartfelt sympathy to your entire department and to the family of Deputy Douglas Sanford. ~Sheriff Brad Swain, deputies & staff

Liane Johnson, #53-66
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Indiana
U.S.A.

August 12, 2022

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Deputy Sheriff Douglas Sanford. I am truly sorry for your loss. The service and sacrifice of Deputy Sanford will not be forgotten.

Deborah C.
Wife, Mother, Aunt of LEOs
Maryland

June 20, 2022

The true measure of a person
is not found in the
might of their arm,
their wealth
or their power –
it is found in the strength
of their character.

There is no greater testimony to
ones character, than ones
willingness to sacrifice all,
in the noble quest of
providing protection to all
whom they serve.

Author Unknown

Javier Cornejo
Police Officer, Retired
City of Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

June 5, 2022

Deputy Sheriff Douglas Warren Sanford, your 18 years of service will not be forgotten. God will watch over you, your family, friends and coworkers during this difficult time. God's Speed Douglas!

Reserve Deputy Brian Jacobsen
Mahaska County Iowa Sheriff’s Office

May 10, 2022

Rest In Peace Hero
Thank you for your service.
Sending my deepest and most heartfelt condolences for your tragic loss. My sincere sympathy to your friends and family.
Rest In Peace.!

Enid Rodríguez

May 8, 2022

Sanford family and friends may God grant all of you with a speedy healing. Deputy Sanford thank you for your service to your Community and Department. Most of all thank you for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Rudy Jones ( Retired )
Former Res.Sgt Cuyahoga Falls Ohio Police Dept.

May 6, 2022

RIP Deputy Sheriff Sanford. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Hamilton County, Carmel, Indianapolis Metropolitan District and Ionia County

Sergeant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police

May 5, 2022

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Deputy Sheriff Douglas Warren Sanford. Please know we are eternally grateful for Douglas’ service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Deputy Sheriff Sanford, 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 Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in Noblesville, Indiana for Douglas’ partner and fellow deputies. 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 Deputy Sheriff Douglas Warren Sanford’s wife.

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 #R309
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

May 3, 2022

Big D.

There is a hole in many people's lives now that you have left us. But the impact you made in the lives of those of us fortunate enough to have counted you as a personal friend is without measure.

May our paths cross again...

Doug Peters
(formerly) Ottawa County Sheriff/Hudsonville Police and friend.

May 3, 2022

Doug I've been thinking a lot about you since you passed. You were a great friend, father and husband. I'll miss out talks and jokes about one another. You were definitely one of the good ones.

Darrell Thompson
Richmond Police Department, Mich

May 3, 2022

On behalf of Session 73 from the Zone Five Academy in New York State, We send out our condolences to the friends and family of Deputy Sheriff Doug Sanford and Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

Recruit, M. Gootz
Zone Five

May 3, 2022

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF DOUGLAS SANFORD, AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF DEPUTY SHERIFF DOUGLAS SANFORD. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. HIS SERVICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEEDS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
GOD BLESS

Retired Officer David Herbert
Toronto Police Service

May 2, 2022

Rest in eternal Peace, good and faithful public servant.
God has already reserved a special place for our peacemakers.
Please continue your careful and vigilant 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

May 2, 2022

Rest In Peace Deputy Sheriff Douglas Warren Sanford! Thank you for your 9 years of service as the Animal Control Supervisor with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, your 2 years of previous service with the Carmel Police Department, and 3 years with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, in Indiana and for your 7 years of service with the Ionia County Sheriff's Office in Michigan We thank you for your devotion and your sacrifices, and also to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your wife, your son, 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

May 2, 2022

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

May 2, 2022

Rest, brother.

Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

May 2, 2022

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

May 2, 2022

Rest in Peace Deputy Sanford. 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

May 2, 2022

Deputy Sanford,

Thank you for your sacrifice for our nation. May you be with the Lord and may he be with your family.

Det. Russ Cain

Pittsburgh PD

May 2, 2022

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Deputy, Douglas Warren Stanford, from complications of the COVID-19 Virus. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Deputy succumbs from this deadly virus. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. Our Thoughts and Prayers to the Carmel, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Departments and the Ionia County Sheriff's Office in Michigan where Deputy Stanford had previously served.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

May 2, 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 Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

May 2, 2022

God Bless You, Your Family, & Friends.
Thank you for your unselfish service to protect your community.

James P. Waggle, Jr.
US Army Veteran (SFC)
Civilian

May 2, 2022

I am so sorry to learn of the grievous loss of Deputy Sanford when he died in the line of duty from Covid. To the Sanford family, fellow deputies , and all who call Douglas beloved, my heart goes out to all of you and may you find comfort in your loved ones and your strength in your faith. When my son was killed, the entire law enforcement community in our area embraced us in a circle of love and support. I hope that you continue to receive that same kind of support. It makes the unbearable less torturous, and I pray for your solace.

This is sent with the utmost respect for the dedicated service Deputy Sanford gave to his community and the residents of Indiana and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on March 29, 2022.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

May 1, 2022

deepest condolences to the officer's family and friends

Randal Glenn
Canada Border Services Officer retired

May 1, 2022

Rest in Peace my Brother in Arms

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

May 1, 2022