Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you Deputy Phipps for your dedicated and selfless service to the people o KY, especially to the citizens of Russell County. Your life mattered! Sending prayers of sympathy to your family and your coworkers; may you rest in peace! Blessed are the m peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God! Thankful that your fellow officers rendered your assailant harmless.

Captain (Retired) Mike Culler
Winston-Salem NC Police Department

September 17, 2024

RIP

Commander Robert Jenkins
North Bay Village PD

September 17, 2024

Rest in Peace, Deputy!

Ptl. B L Waltz (Ret)

September 17, 2024

Another "Hero" taken.
You helped make this world a safer place to live.
May God grant you eternal peace.
Prayers to your loved ones and to your department.

Det. Billy Russo, (Ret.)
Nassau County PD, NY

September 17, 2024

Thank you for your service Deputy Phipps. Prayers to your family and the men and women of the Russell County Sheriff's Office.

Chief William M. Renye
Grand Blanc Township Police Department

September 17, 2024

May God and St. Michael watch over you in Heaven, Deputy Phipps.

Patrolman Kenneth Collins
South Amherst Police Department

September 17, 2024

Thank you for your service.

Tim Liddell
CA Hwy Patrol 5342 ( retired )

September 17, 2024

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

September 17, 2024

May you rest in peace.

Investigator T.A. Brauer
Office of the District Attorney, District 6, State of Oklahoma

September 17, 2024

RIP brother. We have the watch now. No need to worry about your family, we will take care of them.

Officer Gage Goodman
Louisville Metro Police Department

September 17, 2024

From my family to yours, our deepest condolences. It is hard to say goodbye, but this is a “We will see you later” cause we will all see each other again. God embrace you with warm arms and his mercy is upon your soul. You served and protected your community and you did the ultimate sacrifice by giving your only life for others. God bless your soul and comfort your loved ones.

US Navy ⚓️Veteran Rafael Martínez
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September 17, 2024

Rest in Peace brother. You are a hero who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect your community. Condolences to your parents, loved ones and police family.

Captain Robert Davan (retired)
NYPD

September 17, 2024

God rest your soul, Deputy Josh Phipps. May your family, friends, colleagues, and community find the strength and resolve to carry on in your physical absence and continue to spread the goodness to which you were so selflessly committed. You were among the best humanity has to offer. Your dedication to service and your ultimate sacrifice shall not be forgotten.

Investigator Christopher Port (Ret.)
California Highway Patrol, Valley Div. MAIT

September 17, 2024

God bless you Josh Phipps. Thank you for protecting your community and defending us from evil. I hope to shake your hand and salute your bravery in Heaven one day. Much peace, honor and empathy for your mother and father.

Grateful citizen Ryan P.

September 17, 2024

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Correctional Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County (Minneapolis)- Adult Corrections Facility

September 17, 2024

Rest in peace Deputy Phipps. Thank you Sir for your service and sacrifice. May God comfort your immediate family and fellow colleagues.

Former reserve Deputy ( OCSO) FL Eddie A
Osceola county Sheriff's office

September 17, 2024

"Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon him."

Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart, Florida Police Chaplain

September 17, 2024

So sad & tragic, RIP Sheepdog. May God bless & comfort your loved ones (blood & blue). Well done thou good & faithful servant.

Mike Nixon
High Point, NC Police Dept, Retired

September 17, 2024

Our Heavenly Father, I ask that You shower your love and mercy on this family. Father, give them courage, strength and comfort in the difficult days ahead. I pray in Jesus Name, AMEN

Chaplain James Brackeen
Richmond Hill Police Department

September 17, 2024

Rest In Peace Brother

james oneill
NYPD

September 17, 2024

Rest in Peace my brother.

Captain (Ret.) Bernard Flint
Department of Defense / Police Division

September 17, 2024

Rest in peace, Deputy Phipps. Thank you for your service.

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow deputies 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

September 17, 2024

Rest in peace brother. We have the watch from here. Thoughts and prayers for you, your family and your department.

Officer Tommy Thomason
Security Officer

September 17, 2024

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. I 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. I 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:

“For the policeman [peace officer] 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 [peace officer] is sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for he [the peace officer] will have you punished. He [the peace officer] 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 13:3-5 TLB]

Scriptures for Support, Hope, and Comfort:

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

[Jesus Said,] “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13 ESV]

And he [Jesus] said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” [Luke 23:43 ESV]

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

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA
Ordained/Licensed/Certified Independent Christian Clergy
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Member: Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers – USA

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

September 17, 2024

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, Josh Phipps, in the line of duty. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Deputy makes the ultimate sacrifice. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. Our prayers and thoughts to the Louisville Metro Police Department where Deputy Phipps had previously served.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

September 17, 2024