Posted on 05/25/2003 5:45:32 PM PDT by Arpege92
I know alot of people have no room in their heart for Police Officer's and in a strange way, I understand that sometimes but before anyone makes a final judgement on all police officer's, please allow me to tell you my side of this debate.
I have been married to a police officer for twelve years....some good and some bad. He has seen some of the most tragic and de-humanizing sides of people and he has seen the best as well. He is the kind of police officer to stop at the house of a lonely elderly man who just lost his wife. He is the kind of police officer who will take the time to fix the mailbox for a family who can't afford to get it fixed for themselves....of course, he does this on his own time and with his own money.
He is the kind of police officer who cried at the drowning of a two year old little girl. This happened while I was pregnant with our son and to this day, he refuses to get a swimming pool. He is the kind of police officer who will drive a man to a hospital where his wife is fighting for her life and it doesn't matter how long it takes or how long he has to wait.
He is an excellent father to his son, he is an excellent husband to me and there isn't anything he wouldn't do for his entire family. His father is disabled and whenever he needs my hero, he is there.
My husband has been called just about every bad word you could think of......his patience has been put to the test.....and yet, he has this quality about him of never letting his anger get the best of him. His ability to stay in control in some of the worst circumstances is mind blowing and the respect he has of his junior officers is well known.
Am I biased? You damn right I am....police officer's don't get good quality press time. In fact, the only time cops get press time is when something has gone wrong. The press isn't interested in the truth about police officers....it's better stories for them! Al Sharpton and his cronies are the first to appear in front of a camera when a black person is killed at the hands of police officers and they aren't interested in the whole truth. It doesn't matter to them! Look at Tawana Brawley, this happened in my own back yard and the lives he ruined are just casualties in his quest for top black leader!
So, when you accuse all cops of being looters, murderers and whatever else you can come up with, please have the common courtesy of knowing all of the facts before you make final judgements. That is my hero you are talking about!!!
Did you have something else to say there, or was there supposed to be a period at the end?
My pal is the most honorable person I've ever met, and in twelve years of hanging around the station, barbeques at the chief's home, giving lectures to groups of cops and such, I've only met one or two that I would consider @ssholes. The rest have been ordinary joes and janes who struggle to raise families and make ends meet just like the rest of us.
The difference is that they go out there every day put their @sses on the line to protect sniveling worms like the people who bitch about them.
Since my friend has a take home car I've been with him for traffic stops, accidents, lost dogs, fatalities, truck wrecks and his own mother's heart attack and eventual death (we followed the ambulance to the hospital). And each time I stood back marvelling at how anyone would do this for so little pay and so much risk.
But there's a lot to be said for travelling 50 MPH backward, siren blaring and lights flashing. It's a rush.
I salute my pal and your husband and all of the underpaid and underappreciated cops of all sizes and shapes out there.
Cop haters are often driven by a desire for legalized dope, aren't they?
Whoops, is english your second language? I think you meant "that is" or "that's", but maybe not.
If there is a shooting in the street, a police officer will be seen running into danger while the militia wannabes scamper away in terror.
??? I think you meant "law enforcement officer", but maybe not.
I've seen it several times now, and I still marvel at it. Even when it's a friend or relative, the expression 'the training kicks in' is very true. Something switches on, and they swing into action. 12 years hanging around the station...I've seen endless examples of kindness, sacrifice and bravery.
Hell, my friend's a captain (desk jockey), and he'll still grab his hat and flourescent POLICE vest and respond to a fender bender call in the pouring rain if it gets busy and all the patrol cars are tied up (I've been there).
Then the chief gets his rain gear out because he's next.
I know. I was the victim. The dispatcher asked me to walk out of my house so no 'officers would be endangered.'.
You want to know who was first through my door? It wasn't the cops, it was the paramedics.
Just my 2 cents.
L
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