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Prayers for Police Officers: Protection, Judgment and Rest After the Shift

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Summary

  • Short prayers cover a police officer’s shift: protection on a dangerous call, judgment in a split second, calm words, honesty, compassion, a hard call, rest off duty, the squad, commanders, trust with the neighborhood, an injury and the family at home.
  • A short first-person prayer for an officer going on duty can be printed and carried.
  • According to the Italian State Police, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the archangel Michael patron and protector of the police on 29 September 1949; the St. Michael prayer is quoted from a 1906 Catholic prayer book.
  • Christians pray for police because Scripture asks prayer “for all that are in authority” (1 Timothy 2:1–2); John the Baptist told soldiers, “Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely” (Luke 3:14).
  • CopLine (1-800-267-5463) is a confidential US line for current and former officers and their families, answered by retired officers.

Anyone can pray for a police officer before a shift in words like these: “Lord, keep [name] safe on this shift. Give clear judgment on every call, patience with every person, and courage when it is needed. Bring [him or her] home at the end of the watch. Amen.” More prayers follow, with the St. Michael prayer. Prayers for a police officer Put the officer’s name where [name] appears, or pray for “the officers of our town.” Before a shift…

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Bibliography (Click to show)
  • Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Psalm 4:8; 34:18; 91:11; 127:1; Proverbs 15:1; Ecclesiastes 4:9–10; Micah 6:8; Matthew 5:9; Luke 3:14; Romans 13:4; 1 Timothy 2:1–2; James 1:5). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
  • Lasance, Francis Xavier. The Catholic Girl’s Guide: Counsels and Devotions for Girls in the Ordinary Walks of Life. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1906. Prayers ordered by Pope Leo XIII after Low Mass, p. 462. https://archive.org/details/catholicgirlsgui00lasa
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Prayers, “For Our Country,” p. 36. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
  • Polizia di Stato. “San Michele Arcangelo, patrono della Polizia.” https://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/san-michele-arcangelo–patrono-della-polizia
  • CopLine. “International Law Enforcement Officers’ Hotline.” https://copline.org/
  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. https://988lifeline.org/
  • Samaritans. “Contact Samaritans.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

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