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Posted on 12/30/2014 3:39:23 PM PST by woofie

I got to thinking about it and decided I could do something simple and straightforward to affect a bit of change.

I stopped at a bakery this morning and bought a whole pie (Key Lime). I stuck it in the car and decided the first policeman I saw I would give it to him and say thanks.

It took a while but I just completed the mission.

I pulled up along side of a squad car and waved at the policeman. Then simply got out,approached him and handed him the box.

I told him with all the news about the police going around I wanted him and his fellow officers to know some of us were grateful for what they are doing for us. And I asked him to share it with his buddies....

He seemed most grateful and I am hoping the word will go out to all the men and women there and that they will get a lift from it.

For those who haven't heard, the Albuquerque police force was recently investigated by the justice department after a shooting of a homeless man was video taped and put on Youtube. We had our version of protests etc about it all with a full scale shake up of the police.

You can read about it but I would say we were on the cutting edge of the Ferguson/ New York/ police/racist/ riot/murder/ fiasco.

The shooting on tape is horrific and I have no qualms with discipline, procedural reviews, and more training imposed. But in the 60 odd years I have been in this world Ive concluded that where there are people, bad things can happen. And since the police are out there on the front lines 24 hours a day dealing with all kinds of people in my view its miraculous that more bad things don't happen.

Its a testament to the hard work and skill of our police forces that so much good is done every single day.

So to the police everywhere in the USA you have my thanks and not my condemnation and I hope more of us out there recognize and appreciate all that you do.

Anyone who wants, can join me for the cost of desert.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: police
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To: woofie
Support for Police

Good...Obeying the law MATTERS!!

21 posted on 12/30/2014 4:10:03 PM PST by GoldenPup
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To: woofie

Good for you. But damn it was cold in town today.


22 posted on 12/30/2014 4:10:53 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: woofie
Woofie, that was very nice of you
:)

So to the police everywhere in the USA you have my thanks and not my condemnation and I hope more of us out there recognize and appreciate all that you do.

& Bump to that...
23 posted on 12/30/2014 4:16:16 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: Star Traveler

Good point, you can’t spit in a gift card.


24 posted on 12/30/2014 4:17:32 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: ansel12
Couldn’t you just thank them,...

Thanking them is a good idea.

Do you ever do that?

25 posted on 12/30/2014 4:21:29 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: MeganC
Gotta agree with you maam. Just after this past Thanksgiving our parents (I'm one of Mr. n Mrs. Progunner's daughters), went over to Mississippi to see some family members. While they were gone an of duty Sheriff came into our gunshop needing a repair on his hunting rifle. While I was fitting it a new sear sis brought out some left over pumpkin pie and coffee and that led to a closely related conversation. On the job he wouldn't have accepted anything
26 posted on 12/30/2014 4:26:57 PM PST by progunner (no compromise)
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To: woofie
 
 
I was at an area Walmart last Friday - the police there have been running extra patrols on foot and bicycles for the holidays so there's been an elevated presence at the strip malls and big-box stores. There was a younger cop on a bicycle out front of the Walmart, hanging out in the space between handicap parking spots, facing the store front. I observed numerous customers greeting him as they went by - black, white and so forth. Some even slowed down to speak with him as they went by, though I couldn't hear what was said, it all appeared friendly going by his reactions. It is apparent lines are being drawn, sides being taken, particularly going by activity on social media, posts on Twitter, Facebook, etc. The Regime's little thug insurrection, as being prosecuted by Field Marshal Sharpton is not getting the sort of sympathy and support they planned on to happen - it's formed up as citizens vs the thugs, and the citizens are growing rather tired of the thugs and the allies who support them.
 
 

27 posted on 12/30/2014 4:31:30 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: FreeReign

I have seen more accepting bribes than that I needed to thank for giving me directions or something.

I have never had one thank me for my military service, or give men anything free while I was in uniform, or thank me for not being in a union.

During the Vietnam war, those of us in uniform, learned to avoid cops, and try to avoid their harassment.


28 posted on 12/30/2014 4:32:22 PM PST by ansel12 (They hate us, because they ain't us.)
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To: Star Traveler

Can’t we just give them $20.00 bills instead of gift cards?


29 posted on 12/30/2014 4:33:39 PM PST by ansel12 (They hate us, because they ain't us.)
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To: doc1019

Agree....:o)

I never put a cop in a position where they feel obligated or guilty, taking something from a stranger...... Best as you state to do such anonymously ..... Good for all involved, you and the wait staff are only ones that need to know..... I trust those where I dine to do the right thing for me and them.....

May you and yours have a very safe, healthy and happy new year Doc !


30 posted on 12/30/2014 4:39:41 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: MeganC

Sending a pizza or two to the station house once in awhile probably would be very appreciated.


31 posted on 12/30/2014 4:42:54 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: ansel12

It’s amazing the differences in life experiences some of us have. Whenever I traveled home on leave I always traveled in uniform (yes, this was during the height of the VN war) and the police I met always went out of their way to be courteous and friendly to me (most were former military).

Every time I got stopped by the police (I tended to drive a little fast back in the day), I would always include my military ID with my drivers license and without exception, I was let go with a warning.


32 posted on 12/30/2014 4:51:03 PM PST by doc1019
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To: woofie

Might want to be careful, many jurisdictions have laws against police officers accepting gifts from the public, as a means to guard against corruption. So you don’t want to inadvertently get one of them in trouble.


33 posted on 12/30/2014 4:51:29 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: woofie

“Gift Cards”


34 posted on 12/30/2014 5:11:01 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: doc1019

I don’t know what the amazing differences are supposed to be, unless it is that even in military towns, that you never ran into, or had your fellow GIs run into problems with hostile cops.

I remember talking to older sergeants about it, when I expressed surprise at what I was seeing, they sure knew about cops and military, it wasn’t anything new.


35 posted on 12/30/2014 5:59:43 PM PST by ansel12 (They hate us, because they ain't us.)
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To: ansel12

I was raised an Army brat, so I have spent years around military bases over the years. I know all about the hostility between the military and the local cops.

I was just giving my personal experience with the police. Of course, I will admit, most of my interaction with the police happened to be in places not associated with the military ... airports, bus station, open road, etc.

Never in my ten years in the military was I ever warned about the local police. I guess common sense prevailed ... don’t give the LEO’s any reason to dump on you and chances are they won’t.


36 posted on 12/30/2014 6:14:49 PM PST by doc1019
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To: doc1019

It wasn’t harassing police that was the problem for generations of GIs, it was the police and communities harassing GIs.

Why would you pretend that I was talking about cops doing their duty against military people who were breaking a law, or causing problems, rather than what I was actually talking about, police harassing troops and sailors?


37 posted on 12/30/2014 6:18:53 PM PST by ansel12 (They hate us, because they ain't us.)
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To: ansel12

Sounds like the same difference to me. While in the military I never experienced harassment by the police or a community just because I was military. Like I was saying ... different life experiences.

Not just because of the way I was treated by the police but one of many reasons I eventually became a cop. Remained one for more than 30 years and often went out of my way to accommodate those in uniform.


38 posted on 12/30/2014 6:30:32 PM PST by doc1019
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To: doc1019

Sounds like the same difference to you, and you are a cop.

Interesting.


39 posted on 12/30/2014 6:32:47 PM PST by ansel12 (They hate us, because they ain't us.)
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To: ansel12

Was. Doesn’t change my life experiences at all. At the time, I was not a cop I was a sailor just enjoying life and very glad I survived VN.


40 posted on 12/30/2014 6:36:04 PM PST by doc1019
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