Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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Sergeant (Retired) Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

December 7, 2023

God bless you Officer Paul Tracey, for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Waltham Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

December 7, 2023

Paul has been my friend since we were 5 years old and in K-12 together. We grew up a few streets from each other and being a police officer was his dream. He lived that dream for 28 years, he was kind, compassionate and funny as heck. He always had your back and was my loyal friend for 53 years. I’ll miss him, but the memories of all our great times over the years will live on. RIP Officer Tracey

James Centofanti
Friend

December 7, 2023

Rest in peace, Officer Tracey. 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

December 7, 2023

Rest In Peace Police Officer Paul Tracey! Thank you for your 28 years of service with the Waltham Police Department, in Massachusetts. 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 two children and your friends during this terrible tragedy, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers also go out to all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew 5:9)

Eddie & Kelly King

December 7, 2023

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

December 7, 2023

Rest in peace brother. Prayers for your family and friends.

Sergeant Brad Heidt
Fruitland Park Police Department

December 7, 2023

Heavenly Father, I come before You today grieved in heart over the divisions in our country; the United States of America. I grieve for every life lost to violence, regardless of color or creed. And I especially grieve this day over the senseless deaths of America’s Peace Officers whose sworn duty is to protect us from harm. Please grant comfort and hope to their families. We know from the Holy Scriptures in Romans 13 that Peace Officers have a sacred task, to enforce laws that protect the innocent and punish the guilty. We pray that You will protect them as they serve us. Give them wisdom, discernment, and a deep desire to serve You. Please surround every Peace Officer in our nation, the United States of America, with battalions of warring angels to protect them from harm. I stand in the powerful and mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ against every work of Satan intended to inflict injury and death on our Protectors. May Satan’s power be thwarted, in Your mighty and holy name and by Your authority, and his plans exposed by Your Light. In Christ Jesus’ mighty and holy name, and by His authority, I pray. Amen.

Holy Scripture on Law Enforcement’s Mission:

“Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow. For the policeman does not frighten people who are doing right; but those doing evil will always fear him. So if you don’t want to be afraid, keep the laws and you will get along well. The policeman is sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for he will have you punished. He is sent by God for that very purpose. Obey the laws, then, for two reasons: first, to keep from being punished, and second, just because you know you should.” [Romans 13:1-5 TLB]

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." [Psalm 23:4 ESV]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, FCPO-USA
Ordained Christian Global Outreach Minister No. 36526
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054

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

December 7, 2023

So sad and preventable. I pray for law enforcement and military daily and will definitely include his family, friends, and agency.

FL DOC Correctional Officer (Ret) Steven
SLCSO, FL DOC

December 7, 2023