Tremonton-Garland Police Department, Utah
End of Watch Sunday, August 17, 2025
Reflections for Sergeant Lee Sorensen
Lee, you will be missed. We loved working with you and your passion for teaching. Rest in peace, brother.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Art Deyo
Utah State Fire Marshals Office
August 18, 2025
Domestic calls are the worse and you both responded with compassion and kindness. Unfortunately your dedication to the community made you a victim. Rest easy sir your family will be watched over by your fellow officers.
Citizen
Citizen
August 18, 2025
God rest your soul, Sergeant Sorensen. 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
August 18, 2025
Rest, brother.
Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police
August 18, 2025
Requiescat in Paces
Sergeant (Retired) Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD
August 18, 2025
Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.
Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater
August 18, 2025
Lord God, I come before You today grieved in heart over the senseless deaths of America's Peace Officers, in the Line-of-Duty, whose sworn duty is to protect us from harm. I know from the Holy Scriptures in Romans 13 that America's Peace Officers have a sacred task to enforce laws that protect the innocent and punish the guilty. Please grant Comfort, Hope, and Encouragement to their families, who are left behind to pickup the shattered pieces of their lives. Please make them whole again.
For all those of us who are left behind, our hearts are heavy with grief, and the weight of loss leaves us feeling so vulnerable and alone. There are moments when the sadness feels overwhelming, and we don't know what to do or how to move forward. But I do know that You, O Lord, see our pain and You are close to us in our sorrow.
Hold us in Your loving arms, O Lord, and comfort us in Your Presence. Let us feel Your Peace in the midst of our heartache and the quiet assurance that we are not walking this path alone. Father God, wipe away our tears and remind us of the HOPE we have in You. You, O Lord, are our refuge and strength, our ever-present help in trouble.
Teach us, Heavenly Father, how to carry this loss of another American Peace Officer, in the Line-of-Duty, without losing HOPE. Help us to release our pain into Your most capable and loving hands, trusting that You are working even in the hardest moments. When the grief feels too much to bear, fill us with the courage to face each day and the faith to keep moving forward.
Thank You for Your unfailing love and for being the God who sees us, holds us, and walks with us. We place our sorrows into Your godly hands and rest in the HOPE that You will bring beauty from ashes. In Jesus' Name, and by His Authority, I pray. Amen.
Promises from God's Word:
[Jesus Taught:] "Blessed are those who mourn. They will be comforted." (Matthew 5:4);
[Jesus Taught:] "Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God's children." (Matthew 5:9);
[Jesus Proclaimed:] "The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends." (John 15:13), and;
[Jesus Promised:] "Then he said, "Jesus remember me when you enter your kingdom." Jesus said to him, "I can guarantee this truth: Today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:42-43)
Rev. Steven R. Closs, DDiv., MSBS, NACM
Ordained, Independent Minister of the Gospel
Retired Captain; Nashua NH Police Dept. (1974-1998)
August 18, 2025
Rest in Peaceā¦
Retired Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY
August 18, 2025
Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.
BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher
August 18, 2025


