Christian County Sheriff's Office, Missouri
End of Watch Monday, February 23, 2026
Reflections for Deputy Sheriff Gabriel Ramirez
May God and St. Michael watch over you and Deputy Hislope in Heaven, Deputy Ramirez. We have it from here. Your memories will never be forgotten.
Patrolman Kenneth Collins #18
South Amherst (OH) Police Department
February 24, 2026
Rest, brother.
Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police
February 24, 2026
Thank you for your service to your country and for your public service. May you rest in peace and may God give your family, coworkers and friends the strength they beed through these difficult times ahead. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Please know you are not alone.
Widow of Deputy Timothy De La Fuente Pau
Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
February 24, 2026
Rest in Peace Deputy. Christian County mourns your loss. I pray for your family and coworkers. You fought the good fight now we will take the watch from here.
Nathanael Heide
Citizen who respects our officers.
February 24, 2026
God rest your soul, Deputy Gabriel Ramirez. 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 Division MAIT
February 24, 2026
Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.
BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher
February 24, 2026
Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.
Correctional Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County (Minneapolis)-Adult Corrections Facility
February 24, 2026
God rest his soul.
Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired
February 24, 2026
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and coworkers during this difficult time. Your service and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Thomas H. Kelly Jr.
Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (SAC) Retired
Federal Air Marshal Service
February 24, 2026
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.
Lord God, we know from Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Chapter 13, that America’s Peace Officers have a sacred task, to enforce laws that protect the innocent and punish the guilty. We pray that You will protect them as they serve us. Give them wisdom, discernment, and a deep desire to serve You.
Lord God, if You are willing, please surround every American Peace Officer in our nation, the United States of America, with Your warrior angels under the command of Your warrior servant, Michael the Archangel, Your Defender and Protector Against Evil, who successfully defeated Satan and his fallen angels in heavenly battle because of his unwavering faith and courage, according to the Book of Revelation Chapter 12, to shield and protect America’s Peace Officers from harm.
We stand together 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.
Lord Jesus, we know that Your word teaches us that in You there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female. All superficial distinctions between us have been abolished by Your work on the cross. By Your grace and power, lead us into a new day of racial harmony in our land, a day in which Your Name is again lifted high in our nation, the United States of America, and the rule of law is honored by all.
Please grant us spiritual, political, and cultural leaders who will speak to us with Your wisdom and Your truth. Please renew us in spirit, mind, and heart that we may once again be one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!
In the mighty and holy Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by His Power, Authority, and Sacrificial Blood, I believe and pray! Amen.
Jesus taught His Disciples: “No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13 HCSB)
Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, NACM
Ordained, Independent CGOM Clergy; Conferred #36526
St. Michael the Archangel Prayer Ministry
“Patron Saint of Law Enforcement”
Member: Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers - USA
Captain Steven R. Closs (Retired)
Nashua NH Police Department (1974-1998)
February 24, 2026
Requiescat in Paces
Sergeant (Retired) Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD TV
February 24, 2026
God rest your soul, Deputy Ramirez. 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 Division MAIT
February 24, 2026
“I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to 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.”
Abe Lincoln
Rest Easy Mighty Warrior and May God Hold You in the Palm of His Hand
Chris Welby
St Charles City Police (Mo.)
February 24, 2026