Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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)

July 1, 2025

I believe the ones who killed Kush should have been put to death immediately, from everything I’ve read about Kush has been nothing but amazing and I’m not understanding why he hasn’t a building been named after him yet !

Lt
IDOC

August 7, 2022

Thank you for your service and always know that your sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten. Rest in peace.

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

July 2, 2020

He was a gentle soul taken to early in life. He was my childhood best friend. I miss him dearly.

Johnny
Friend

April 28, 2020

I arrived 9 months after he was murdered It was the first story I heard in the academy. He was known as a tru e. professional and well liked by co workers and supervisors

Former Stateville CO
Dept of Veteran Affairs

February 11, 2018

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 4, 2015

07/01/89: Blessed is the correction officer, for he shall free the condemned.

Robert Bruce Lehman
"Isolated Incidents" at the Village of Park Forest Theater

November 23, 2012

Rest in Peace, Correctional Officer Kush. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

June 3, 2012

I worked with Officer Kush as well. I remember pulling into the parking lot and instinctively knowing something was terribly wrong that night reporting for my shift. He was a gentle soul. He loved life and his family. Going behind that wall we faced evil everyday. And sometimes evil prevails as it did that day. I think of him from time to time; the man he would have been today. My heart aches knowing he did not get to see his daughters grow up and the loss his wife and family suffered that day. I miss him still...

Margaret McKee - Correctional Sergeant
IL Dept of Corrections - Stateville Correctional Center 1985 - 1995

May 19, 2012

You are always remembered, God rest you in peace and bless your family and friends.
(I worked with Larry while at Stateville. Will always remember when I worked that day-EOW)

Officer Hasan
State of Illinois

October 15, 2011

R I P Sir, thank you.

Soldier
US Army

June 23, 2009

Rest in Peace. You are not forgotten.

Patrolman D. Kirk #309
Round Lake Heights PD (IL)

July 2, 2007

Eighteen years may have passed but you have not been forgotten. You are a true hero.

Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

July 2, 2007

I worked with Lawrence when he worked for the State Of Illinois. God Bless him and his family.

AL
Co-worker

June 20, 2007

Brother

You're my brother
The one I care about
Pray for day and night
Watch you fight crime
Going through hard times
But you hind it very well
Making a difference in peoples life
There for them
Always know what to say
In your uniform, you're a whole new person
When you have been killed
Gone, not coming back
I cry
Pray for your family
I say rest in peace, my brother
I hear your beat on those streets
Never hear your voice again
On that radio
Never see that face of yours
But you still my brother
Rest in peace

~By Explorer Prewer~

Explorer Prewer

March 24, 2005