Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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

May 13, 2021

Blessed are the peacemakers, you will not be forgotten.. Thank you for your service

Julie Smith
Daughter of Sheriff Jim Cantrell, deceased!

May 13, 2021

Rest in Peace Deputy Sheriff Jones. May the Lord grant your family, friends and co-workers peace during this very difficult time. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Deputy Parole Administrator Howard Wykes
Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

May 13, 2021

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

May 13, 2021

Rest in Peace

Ptl. B L Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

May 12, 2021

Rest easy Brother.

Deputy Sheriff. Ron Buchholz
Retired Santa Fe County Sheriff NM.

May 12, 2021

Rest In Peace and know someone will always remember the sacrifice you made for others.!!!

Deputy Angel Casas
Merced county sheriff

May 12, 2021

PRAYERS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND OUR FAMILY OF BLUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
REST IN GODS ARMS
.

MOTHER OF A DALLAS POLICWOMAN LINDA KEMP
NONE

May 12, 2021

Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Deputy Jones and to the men and women of the Concho County Sheriff's Office. Rest in peace always knowing that your service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

May 12, 2021

Rest, brother.

Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

May 12, 2021

The National Police Wives Association would like to extend their heartfelt prayers to the family of Deputy Jones and the Concho County Sheriff's Office during this time. Thank you, Deputy Jones, for your service.

National Police Wives Association

May 12, 2021

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF JONES, AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF JONES. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
HIS SERVICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEEDS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
GOD BLESS

Retired Officer David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Canada

May 12, 2021

My Dead

I cannot think of them as dead
Who walk with me no more;
Along the path of life I tread
They have but gone before.

The Father's house is mansioned fair
Beyond my vision dim;
All souls are his, and here or there
Are living unto him.

And still their silent ministry
Within my heart hath place,
As when on earth they walked with me
And met me face to face.

Their lives are made forever mine;
What they to me have been
Hath left henceforth its seal and sign
Engraven deep within.

Mine are they by an ownership
Nor time nor death can free;
For God hath given to Love to kep
Its own eternally. - Frederick L. Hosmer

Agape' - Coletha Albert, The Albert Family of Washington State

Coletha Albert, Minister
The Joseph Dwayne Albert Foundation

May 12, 2021

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP

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

May 12, 2021

Rest In Peace Deputy Sheriff Stephen Jones! Thank you for your service with the Concho County Sheriff's Office, in Texas. We are all thankful to you for your service, your devotion and your sacrifices, and to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your family, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers go out to all of your family and to all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew5:9)

Kelly & Eddie King

May 12, 2021

Thank you, Deputy Sheriff Stephen Jones, for your service. This is so senseless. My prayers for your family, the Department and Community. You are missed and I pray to see you someday in our Father's Kingdom. May He reward you richly. I am so very sorry.

Kim Durham
Davis Police Department - Daughter

May 12, 2021

Thank you, Deputy Sheriff Stephen Jones, for your service. This is so senseless. My prayers for your family, the Department and Community. You are missed and I pray to see you someday in our Father's Kingdom. May He reward you richly. I am so very sorry.

Kim Durham
Davis Police Department - Daughter

May 12, 2021

Jones family and friends may God grant all of you with a speedy healing. Deputy Jones thank you for your service to your Community and Department. Most of all thank you for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Rudy Jones ( Retired )
Former Reserve Cuyahoga Falls Police Department

May 12, 2021

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

May 12, 2021

R I P Brother

Herbert Buck Ret Officer
NYSDOCS

May 12, 2021

God bless the memories of this fallen public servant, Deputy Sheriff Stephen Jones. God bless his family, Friends and Comrades at work. Lord Jesus let pleasant memories fill their hearts upon ever remembrance of this faithful servant!!!

Pastor Donald H Jackson
Donald H. Jackson Ministries

May 12, 2021

Deputy Sheriff Stephen Jones your heroism will not be forgotten. May you Rest In Peace and may The Lord provide comfort to your family at home and on the force. Thank You for your service and sacrifice Sir.

Karen Perrucci
sister of fallen LEO Gary D Pagano

May 12, 2021

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

May 12, 2021

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

S. I. Drake - Lt/IPD | IMPD (Ret)

May 12, 2021

Thank you for your service. Prayers for your Family and your Department.

Sergeant Monica Veney
Baltimore Police Department

May 12, 2021