Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Correctional Officer Prather, it has been 1 year since you were taken from us. New Hampshire law enforcement has continued to thrive, learn and become safer due to the traditions and sacrifices you, your family, and many others have made for us. Thank you for your 6 years of corrections service.

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall Georges Mills, NH

January 25, 2024

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. "In valor there is hope."

Recruit N. George
Albany County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Institute Session 6.

January 19, 2024

Lord God of unfailing love, to those families in our beloved nation who are suffering in the wake of the loss of a law enforcement family member, help us to provide support. Allow us to be their rock and fortress in a time of immense pain and uncertainty. Help us to keep them safe and nourished in their time of grief, suffering beside them as we move toward healing and reconciliation. Lord God, in Your compassionate mercy, hear my prayer. In Christ Jesus, Your beloved Son, I pray. Amen.

Holy Scripture References:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons [children] of God.” [Matthew 5:9 ESV]

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4 ESV]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, FCPO-USA
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
“Honoring America’s Fallen Peace Officers”
Merrimack, NH 03054

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department (1974-1998)

November 19, 2023

A corrections officer should be remembered not by how he died but by how he lived! A great man has secured a safe path for the rest of us to follow. You went above and beyond serving alone in the Unit. When no one wants to work, the agency can't recruit, and they have to bring in the NH National Guard to assume support duties so the trained uniformed officers can supervise inmates, you and the others still come in, work extra hours, and understaffed, and this is the consequence.

Thank you for your law enforcement service, to your family, and to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. Our State and country are a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

September 12, 2023

Rest in peace Corrections Officer Prather.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 17, 2023

Heavenly Father, I pray for the families of all America’s Peace Officers who have been killed in the Line-of-Duty and I thank you for their sacrifices. Bless the lives of their families so they might find healing. Help their law enforcement departments and agencies support their families. Even though their deaths might have been senseless, make something good come out of these situations so that their departments, agencies and communities, counties, states or nation, the United States of America, in which they lived and worked, might be stronger because of their lives and their deaths. In Christ Jesus’ mighty and holy name, I pray. Amen.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons [children] of God.” [Matthew 5:9 ESV]

“And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” [Isaiah 6:8 ESV]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, FCPO-USA
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department

May 25, 2023

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Sierżant Policji w Stanie Spoczynku J. O
Wydział Kryminalny Polska

May 17, 2023

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

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service (Retired)

May 14, 2023

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 7, 2023

Psalm 15
God bless .
Rest in peace brother.

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

April 25, 2023

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

April 25, 2023

Rest in Peace Correction Officer Prather. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Prather Family and the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

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

April 25, 2023

On behalf of the 68 dedicated volunteers associated with POINT 27 across the United States, we would like to offer condolences for Corrections Officer Lawrence Christopher Prather. Please know we are eternally grateful for Lawrence’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Corrections Officer Prather, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Gray Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord, New Hampshire for Lawrence’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 also 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 Corrections Officer Lawrence Christopher Prather’s 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 #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

April 25, 2023

LP was legitimately larger than life and humble as pie! He once told me that words have meaning, and actions have consequences, a phrase I still hear echoing in my head today. He will be missed, and I know he is watching over all of us each day. There are very few true protectors in this world, and he was one that was always looking out for everyone.

Sergeant D. Shapiro
NH DOC - Co-Worker

April 25, 2023

Rest in Peace!

Ptl B L Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

April 25, 2023

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

April 25, 2023

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

April 25, 2023

Rest in peace Corrections Officer Prather.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 25, 2023

Thank you for your dedication.
May you rest in peace brave sir.
Your smile shall never be forgotten.

Steven
UK POLICE VOLUNTEER

April 25, 2023