WakeMed Campus Police & Public Safety Department, North Carolina
End of Watch Saturday, November 8, 2025
Reflections for Police Officer Roger Smith
Thank you for your service Officer Roger Smith !!!!!
Sergeant David Dufault (Ret)
Hartford Police Dept
November 9, 2025
Requiescat in Paces
Sergeant (Retired) Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD TV
November 9, 2025
Rest Now Brother
Officer/EMT Shannon Yates
Collins Police Department (MS)
November 9, 2025
All give some, some give all. Rest in Peace, sir!
B L Waltz Ptl.
Avon Lake PD OH
November 9, 2025
may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face
Chief Jim Allen (ret)
Mobile County Investigation and Recovery (Child Support Enforcement)
November 9, 2025
May God and St. Michael watch over you in Heaven, Officer Smith.
Patrolman Kenneth Collins #18
South Amherst (OH) Police Department
November 9, 2025
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
November 9, 2025
Rest in Peace my friend. Since hearing of your untimely passing yesterday my mind has been flooded with memories of you from our days at the BLET (Academy) to when you worked with Knightdale PD. and I was working in Wendell. May you always be remembered for your kindness, gentle spirit and for your bravery. As another classmate from the academy stated yesterday, “It wasn’t supposed to end this way.” We will never forget your sacrifice!
Investigator John Overman (Retired)
Wendell Police Department
November 9, 2025
Police Officer Smith, I'm so sorry to hear that you were killed in a place dedicated to saving life. The Thin Blue Line reaches everywhere and I offer my sympathy to your family and your colleagues for your sudden and unnecessary loss.
Chris Kassabian Schaefer
USMCR-R
November 9, 2025
Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.
Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater
November 9, 2025
My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Police Officer Roger Smith 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 Police Officer Roger Smith.
Gail M Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit Police Officer Jennifer T Fettig eow 02/16/04
November 9, 2025
RIP our Brother. So sad and what a shame.
Brent Braun, SSA (Ret'd)
FBI - Los Angeles
November 9, 2025
I didn't know Lavallee, but he will forever remain my brother-in-arms. After losing Officer Michael Horan, my U.S. Coast Guard shipmate, this is another hard blow.
Heroes serve, evil "dressed" as cowards, survive on our taxes.
We need to bring the guillotine back!
LT M
Proxi
November 9, 2025
"Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon him."
Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart Florida Police Chaplain
November 9, 2025
Thank you Officer Smith for your dedicated and selfless service to the people of and visitors to the Wake Med campuses and formerly to Knightdale. Your life mattered! Sending prayers of sympathy and condolences to your family, friends and coworkers. May you rest in peace. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God! Glad the responding officers have your assailant in custody! May the full weight of the NC Criminal Justice System fall upon him!
Captain (Retired) Mike Culler
Winston-Salem, NC Police Department
November 9, 2025
Heavenly Father, God of Life and Death, You are with us from the moment we are conceived to the moment we leave this earthly life. Now, our hearts feel heavy with grief because of the loss of another American Peace Officer that leaves us feeling so alone once again. There are moments when the grief feels overwhelming, and we find it difficult to move forward. But we know You see our pain and feel our loss and sorrow. Lord God, hold us in Your loving and most capable arms and comfort us with Your presence. Let us feel Your peace in the midst of our heartache and Your quiet assurance that we are not walking this path alone. Wipe away our tears and remind us of the hope we have in You. You are our refuge and our strength, our ever present help in trouble. Teach us how to carry this loss of another American Peace Officer without losing hope. Help us to release our emotional pain into Your merciful and compassionate hands, trusting that You are working even in our most difficult moments. When our grief feels too much to bear, fill us with the courage necessary to face each day and the faith to keep moving forward. Thank You, Lord God, for Your unfailing love and for being the God who sees us, holds us, and walks with us as we endure the wickedness of evil humanity. Finally, O Lord, we place our trust and sorrow into Your loving and most capable hands and rest in the hope that You will bring “Beauty from the Ashes”. In Christ Jesus’ mighty and holy Name, and by His Authority and Sacrificial Blood, we pray. Amen.
God’s Mission for Law Enforcement:
“The policeman is sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for he will have you punished. He is sent by God for that very purpose.” (Romans 13:4 TLB)
Please find Comfort, Support, and Hope from the following Scripture Verses found in the GOD’S WORD Translation of the Holy Bible:
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom will I send? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8),
[Jesus taught]: “Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God’s children.” (Matthew 5:9),
[Jesus taught]: “Blessed are those who mourn. They will be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4),
[Jesus taught]: “The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends.” (John 15:13) and
“Jesus said to her [Martha], “I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die.” (John 11:25).
Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv., MSBS, NCCA, NACM
Ordained, Conferred Independent Outreach WCM Law Enforcement Chaplain
Member: Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers - USA
“Ministering to America’s Peace Officers and their Families”
Captain Steven R. Closs (Retired)
Nashua NH Police Department (1974-1998)
November 9, 2025
Our condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of this fine Officer. He will be missed by his community. He dedicated his life to serve and protect with gallantry . God have mercy on his soul. We ask God to hear our prayers and take him to his mansion, a place of peace and love where he will be in the company of the many that came before him and where they reside in the heart of God.
US NAVY ⚓️ Vet Rafael Martinez
NAVY
November 9, 2025
Rest in Peace Brother
Thank you for your service and ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
Prayers for you and your family
GOD BLESS
Firefighter (Retired) Ronald Lavallee
Lawrence, MA Fire Department
November 9, 2025
RIP Brother.... My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of your agency during this most difficult and tragic time......
LT. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD
November 9, 2025
Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.
BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher
November 9, 2025
RIP Officer Smith. Thank you for your service to the community at WakeMed and the citizens of Knightdale
Lieutenant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police
Boston, Ma. 02120
November 9, 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
November 9, 2025
Rest In Peace! Thank You For Your Service!
Officer Pedro Rodriguez
City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
November 9, 2025
Rest in Peace, Officer Roger Smith
WakeMed Campus Police & Public Safety Department, North Carolina
End of Watch: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Though your time with us was tragically cut short, your courage and dedication will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Rest easy, sir.
“Forever in our hearts, never forgotten.”
November 9, 2025
Rest easy sir! You are in capable hands of God now.
Brian Jacobsen
Retired Public Safety
November 9, 2025