Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP to Officer Byrd and my condolences to the Byrd Family. As a fellow LEO it is painful that you left this earth far too soon. Officer Byrd you may not be here in flesh but your spirit remains forever. RIP.

Detective Raul Rolon
NYPD

August 16, 2022

Ned, you made a positive impact on a lot of people throughout your time as a detention officer, as a deputy sheriff, and away from work, as a civilian. For some reason, I never knew you were an Air Force veteran until after you were gone. Even though you are no longer here, please know that you will never be forgotten. Thank you for service & your sacrifice as a veteran & as a Deputy Sheriff. We have the watch now. God Speed Deputy Ned Byrd

Sgt AB Smith
Wake County Sheriff’s Office
US Air Force Veteran

Sgt. AB Smith
Wake County Sheriff’s Office

August 16, 2022

Rest in Peace, Deputy Byrd.

Your community was surely a better place with you watching over it.

May your family, friends, and colleagues take solace knowing that you are on Heaven's beat now.

I know your fellow officers who are investigating this senseless crime will not rest until they bring the coward(s) to justice.

Godspeed

Detective G.T. Craig (Ret.)
Louisville Metro Police Department (KY)

August 15, 2022

So sad to hear the news.

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with you, your family, fellow officers, and friends.

Reserve Police Officer G. Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

August 15, 2022

Fly high Brother! We have the watch from here. This always hits home when it is someone you have worked with, and around. I met Ned being in Inmate Transport for HCSO. He worked in the jail and in Transport for WCSO. The last time I talked with him, he said "Fordham, I am going to try out patrol." Even though I have lost touch with him through the past few years. I was able to ask mutual coworkers about him. This is a punch in the gut to all who knew him. He was one of us. He was Transportation. Y'all be safe, and keep your heads on a swivel! JF

Deputy Sheriff, Corporal John Fordham
Harnett Co Sheriff's Office

August 15, 2022

I ask God for comfort to your family and to your agency as a retired police chief and who has has an experience with an officer death I personally know how the agency feels and I can imagine how the family is feeling. May God be with you all

Retired police chief Danny Russ
Bladenboro police dept

August 15, 2022

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

Lieutenant Brian J. Wills II
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
New York

August 15, 2022

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

Abraham Lincoln

Captain E.Kemmer
Nevada Department of Public Safety

August 15, 2022

Praying for peace and comfort today and in the days ahead. With deepest sympathy,

Rita Rocker
Deputy Executive Director
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

August 15, 2022

Dep Byrd, it’s still hard to fathom what happened that night and hearing updates breaks my heart and put tears to my eyes. I feel honored to have been an influence to you when you started as a Detention Officer with WCSO 13 years ago. You always had a smile on your face and we knew were working the pods with you at PSC or the dorms at WCDC, it was going to be a good day and you gave it your all. Whomever did this heinous act took away a great coworker, a great deputy, and a great asset to WCSO and the citizens of Wake County. God Speed Ned.

Detention Lieutenant Matthew Wingfield
Wake County Sheriff’s Office

August 15, 2022

Rest in Peace Deputy Byrd. Thank you for your Service.
My Prayers to your Family, Friends and Co-Workers.

Cpl. Terri Albright, #668
DuPage County Sheriff's Office

August 15, 2022

So sad & tragic, RIP Sheepdog. May God bless your loved ones, as well as your brothers & sisters with WCSO. Well done thou good & faithful servant.

Mike Nixon
High Point, NC Police Dept, Retired

August 15, 2022

Rest in peace Brother.

Captain A. Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.

August 15, 2022

As a fellow law enforcement officer I send my condolence to the Byrd family and his fellow co-workers of Wake County Sheriff's office. I have a such a connection with Wake County Sheriff Department because They allow our organization to use their training facility. I hope Ned killer is brought to justice with swift and just punishment.

Officer Linford Moore
Department of Veterans Affairs

August 15, 2022

I've thought about what happened what went wrong trying to figure out why, why you, why now. This has been the most surreal event of my career even going back to 2003 - 2004 and it hurts me to the core. I remember asking you, why did you give up your sergeant position in detention and I clearly remember you saying, "I've always wanted to be a Deputy". You succeeded your dreams and did everything you wanted in your life. You touched many people throughout your time as a law enforcement officer and as a civilian, I'm grateful for your service and I'm grateful for your sacrifice. You will never be forgotten, rest Sir and watch over us all as we continue to do our jobs regardless of the dangers we face daily.
Deputy Byrd thank you for your service within our agency...

Deputy D.L Smith
Wake County Sheriff's Office
US Army Veteran (Sgt)
Peace to those who served daily
& ultimately sacrificed their lives for all.

August 14, 2022

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

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

August 14, 2022

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

To honor Deputy Sheriff Byrd, 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 Wake County Sheriff's Office in Raleigh, North Carolina for Ned’s 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 Ned Byrd’s family.

Also sent to the Byrd Family was a “Forever Grateful Military Challenge Coin” to honor Ned’s dedication to the United States Air Force.

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

August 14, 2022

Rest in eternal Peace, good and faithful public servant.
God has already reserved a special place for our our peacemakers.
Please continue your careful and vigilant watch over us.
When Law Enforcement perishes, a grieving yet grateful 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

August 14, 2022

My deepest condolences to Deputy Sheriff Byrd’s family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in eternal peace.

Civilian
Civilian

August 14, 2022

Thank you for your service brother

Po Andrew Paulino
Nypd

August 13, 2022

Rest In Peace warrior. Deepest condolences to your family, WCSO and your K9 brothers. Praying that the coward is found.

Former K9 Sgt Tom Hawley
WCSO

August 13, 2022

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

August 13, 2022

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (ret.)
Mobile County Child Support Enforcement

August 13, 2022

Rest in peace hero.

J.R.

August 13, 2022

First and foremost, I would like to send my Condolences out to the immediate Byrd Family and as a member of my family with the WCSO, you will dearly be missed. In 2011, I met and begin working with Deputy Byrd as a Detention Officer, and whenever we cross paths, he would always greet you with a warm smile. It was a honored to work in his presence and share what hobbies that we enjoyed doing outside work. My heart was broken when I heard the news before arriving in line-up on August 12th at 6:45 hours. Deputy Byrd, I will always remember your positive energy and warm welcoming smile. You are our HERO, a Man of Honor and A Child of GOD! Prayers goes out to the Byrd Family. May God kept you strong during this difficult time. Rest in Peace Brother Byrd.

Master Detention Officer Angela Goff
WCSO/Co-worker

August 13, 2022