Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF SHELBY POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE OFFICER TIM BRACKEEN.

My heart is filled with great sadness at learning of the lost of your loved one and fellow Officer.
We in the law enforcement community are a family, although our uniforms may be a different style and vary in color, a badge, shield or star may be pinned upon our chest.
Our areas of enforcement may vary but our goals are the same, to Serve and Protect our communities. We consist of many different agencies from across the nation, for we are: Municipal Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, State Police Investigators, State Highway Patrol Troopers, Conservation Police Officers, College Campus Police Officers, Correctional Officers and Federal Agents just to name a few.
We patrol small towns, large cities, college campuses, county roads, state highways, state prisons, county jails, state parks and the United States Borders.
Whether active duty or retired, we are one family, a Law Enforcement Family, the thin blue line of protectors, brothers and sisters bonded together by HONOR, SERVICE and PRIDE.
Daily we honor our fallen brothers and sisters never forgetting their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families.
Daily our position is clear that we will Serve and Protect our communities without faltering and with no hesitation.
Daily we show pride in our chosen profession LAW ENFORCEMENT, for we willingly walk the line of good over evil facing the unknown with courage keeping our trust and our faith in GOD.
We know that evil roam these streets and at any moment in the course of performing our duties the ultimate sacrifice might be required of us in the service to our community, for Law Enforcement is not a job but a calling and only a few will make the decision to commit to that calling to serve for some will give all that they have.
ALL LIVES MATTER - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOULD BE RESPECTED - If we don't respond to that call for help, or investigate that suspicious subject(s), or stop for that stranded motorist, or rush to that call of shots fired then who will?
OFFICER BRACKEEN
You did not die in vain.
You sacrificed your life in the service to the citizens of Shelby in the State of North Carolina with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION.
I'm proud to have worn the uniform of a law enforcement officer like you did.
I'm proud to have pinned the badge upon my chest like you did.
I'm proud to have Served and Protected my community as you did.
I'm proud to call you my BROTHER!
I commend you my fallen brother for making the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of your duty.
For you left us doing what you chose to do.
Performing a job you were trained to do.
Upholding the oath you swore to do.
Most importantly doing what you loved to do..........Serving and Protecting your community with Honor and Pride making a better and safer place for us all.
FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT, "LIFE HAS A FLAVOR THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW".
FINAL CALL
Officer Brackeen status.......Officer Brackeen status........... Officer Brackeen status...........Attention All Units.............. Shelby Police Department, Police Officer Tim Brackeen having served the citizens of Shelby in the State of North Carolina with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION is now 10-42.
Rest in Peace my fallen BROTHER, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

Senior Master Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins #188 (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police District 01, Region 01

September 13, 2016

Rest in Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

September 12, 2016

When God sent His angels to bring you home He had His reasons. Someday we will be able to ask why; but for now we offer our prayers for peace and comfort to those left behind. RIP Brother.

E.A. Keeney, S/MSgt, USAF (Ret)
USAF Security Police

September 12, 2016

Thank you for your service. Prayers for your Family & Det.

Detective Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department

September 12, 2016

R.I.P. He's served his community well.

paul brooks
Son of fallen NYPD Sergeant

September 12, 2016

My deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

NYC Correction officer Edwin Rivera (R
NYCD

September 12, 2016

Rest in Peace My Brother in Blue.

Evil will never prosper as long as Brave Men such as yourself stand for good.

"Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall be Called Sons of God."
Matthew 5:9

A/ Sergeant D. Vaquero
San Diego Police Department

September 12, 2016

Thank you to Tim Brackeen for his sacrifice and many years of service. And our sympathy to his family for the loss of this fine man. He will always be remembered by them as a man who stood tall in the Thin Blue Line.

Stan Jefferson
citizen

September 12, 2016

Rest with God Officer Brackeen. Your dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten. Prayers for your family during this time in their lives.

retired police officer Bob Lester
Midland Texas Police Department

September 12, 2016

RIP My Friend. Semper Fi

Mr Jeffrey Franklin
Cobra Canine

September 12, 2016

RIP Officer Tim Brackeen .

Sincere condolences to family & friends.

Sgt. Randy Keenan / Ret.
City of Alameda, CA Police Dept.

September 12, 2016

RIP Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

September 12, 2016

During my time of working with Officer Brackeen, I was always inspired by his dedication to keeping the streets of Shelby safe. He was a true professional and reached out to young and old alike, doing all he could to make the city a better place. He was a man of honor, professionalism and integrity, a devoted Christian, and was always there for anyone who needed him. We will miss you, Brother. Rest in the arms of God.

Sergeant J. A. Williams
North Carolina State Highway Patrol

September 12, 2016

Rest in peace Brother Tim, you are a true Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.

Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs OK PD

September 12, 2016

God Speed brother...You are EOW, Rest in Peace, we got the watch

Detective ____ ____
Los Angeles Police Department

September 12, 2016

God bless the peace maker. . .
My prayers are with you and your family in this most difficult time.
Rest in peace, Guardian of the Night..

Detective Sergeant Robert Suarez
Clinton Police Department, TN

September 12, 2016

RIP Brother U R A Hero

Ret. Officer Arthur Enlow
Kansas City, Missouri Police Department

September 12, 2016

Officer Brackeen, may you rest in peace our brother. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester Police Dept

September 12, 2016

RIP BROTHER

Ret. Officer Arthur Enlow
Kansas City, Missouri Police Department

September 12, 2016

Prayers for Tim's family, friends and co-workers.

Colleen LaSalle, CCA
Reno Chiropractic Center

September 12, 2016

Jim, Phyllis, Mikel, and Daphne,

May the Lord comfort and keep you during this time and forevermore. Sheila and I will be praying for you all.

Emmett Wayne (former member of Bethel Baptist Church, Richmond Hill, GA)

CW3 Emmett Wayne
U.S. Army (Retired

September 12, 2016

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

Sergeant E. Kemmer #142
Nevada Highway Patrol

September 12, 2016

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

September 12, 2016

Rest in peace.

Sgt. Jim Russo

September 12, 2016

Rest in peace brother, we have the watch now. Thank you for your service, your sacrifice will not be forgotten. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Brackeen during this time of tragic and senseless loss.

Snr. Ptlmn Donnie Meaders (Retired)
Wewoka, OK Police Department

September 12, 2016