Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace, Undersheriff Gaede. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

June 29, 2025

Rest in Peace Undersheriff Gaede. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Gaede Family and the Phillips County Sheriff's Office.

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

June 29, 2025

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 his plans exposed by Your Light. In the mighty and holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Redeemer, and the Mediator between us, Heavenly Father, in prayer, and by His authority, I pray! Amen.

Please find Encouragement, Comfort, Support, and Hope from God's Word:

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

"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];

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

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

"And he [Jesus] said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." [Luke 23:43 ESV], and;

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." [John 3:16 ESV].

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NACM, NCCA
Ordained Independent NACM Minister
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Member: Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers - USA

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

June 29, 2025

May the Blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit come upon his Soul, and remain forever. Amen

Sheriff Mike Keating, Ret.

June 29, 2025

PROTECTOR'S PRAYER

Lord, you have already won the battles I will face today.
I rest in your sovereignty knowing that you have appointed me for this duty.
The power that created everything lives in me through your holy spirit, let me fear knowing.
Give me the courage of David, strength of Samson and the grace of your son, Jesus.
While I am away protect my family, let me return unharmed. Prepare their hearts should today be the day I meet you face to face.
Let me serve the people of this blessed country and community with a servant's heart, being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
Lord, you have given me great responsibility, help me to protect the vulnerable and innocent.
When the moment calls, allow me to show compassion and humility to those that cross my path.
When faced with evil, let my actions be definitive, impartial, and above reproach.
Protect my brother to my left and my sister to my right as we respond fearlessly, without hesitation to the unknown.
FOR HIS GLORY

Author, Nick Menster, USSS

David P Strawn, Firefighter (retired)
Dayton Ohio Fire Department

June 29, 2025

Rest in Peace…

Retired Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

June 29, 2025

Brandon was an amazing friend and one of the best people I knew. I nominated him for academy class president which he excelled at. We would meet at the county line and chat on slow nights about work and our families. Brandon would always call me whenever I'd clear a crazy call so he could hear about it. He was always smiling and friendly to everyone. He is the model that every law enforcement officer should try to be. I miss him so much.

Former K-9 Deputy, Ryan Blecha
Norton County Sheriff's Office

June 29, 2025

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Undersheriff Brandon Gaede. I know our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the Golden Streets of Heaven. May the Lord deliver Blessings, Comfort and Peace to his Family, Friends and all Members of the Phillips County Sheriff's Office, Kansas.

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

June 29, 2025

All give some, some give all. Rest in Peace!

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

June 29, 2025

Thank you for your service.

Tim Liddell
CA Hwy Patrol 5342 ( retired )

June 29, 2025

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Undersheriff Brandon Gaede during this difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. May happy moments from the past bring forth precious memories to cherish for a lifetime. May God help heal their aching hearts. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace Undersheriff Brandon Gaede.

Gail M Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

June 29, 2025

Such a tragedy…rest in peace brother.

Deputy Sheriff Seth Lund
Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado

June 29, 2025

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

Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart Florida Police Chaplain

June 29, 2025

RIP Hero. May you forever spend your eternal life with our dear Lord in heaven. My thoughts and prayers are with all your loved ones. Our country is now a little less safe without you. Thank you for your service.

HEROES NEVER DIE....

Sergeant Mitchell G. Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

June 29, 2025

Such a horrible tragedy. Please accept my Sincerest condolences to Undersheriff Brandon Gaede’s family and colleagues. May God watch over his soul.

Ret. Sgt. John J. Mihalik Jr.
Robbinsville Township Police Dept.

June 29, 2025

Rest, brother.

Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

June 29, 2025

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A, Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

June 29, 2025

God Bless you and your family.

Deb Holmes
Chicago PD (retired)

June 29, 2025

Rest In Peace! Thank You For Your Service!

Officer Pedro Rodriguez
City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

June 29, 2025

I’m so sorry; so sad. Eternal rest grant unto him, oh Lord + let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
I have a Mass said every day for all first responders.

Sybil Vidrine
Civilian

June 29, 2025

Rest in Peace Brother Gaede. Your time here is done.

Cpl Jesse Cook - Retired
Georgia Dept of Natural Resources - Law Enforcement Division

June 29, 2025

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

June 29, 2025

Horrible loss, to family and pd, when is congress going to protect Leo? Rip brother and may the Good lord bless your family, I live on otherside of US but If I may assist wife and kids in anyway just reach out i am just email away!
Lt John Brenner Ms msn (ret)
FBI na 210
Major crime C0
Bridgeport Pd (ct)
Not proofed

Lt John Brenner (ret)
Bridgeport Ct

June 29, 2025

Undersheriff Brandon Gaede, I am so very sorry that you lost your young life to this criminal. I pray you are safe in God's hands now. Your wife has been left without her partner and your 3 children will not have your love and guidance in their lives. May God hold you and your family in His loving arms. I thank you for your brave service to all of us. Rest In Peace, Brother.

Mary Milam
Sergeant (Ret)
Chicago Police Department

Leesburg. FL

June 29, 2025

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

June 29, 2025