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My Leo is a hero
May 25, 2003 | Arpege92

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!!!


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To: Double Tap
Keep babbling.

"Civilian Observer Ride-Alongs"

"The Civilian Observation Ride-A-Long program provides the public with an opportunity to observe police officers on patrol."

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/dcca/dcca-page.html
181 posted on 05/26/2003 8:28:52 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Lurker
You want to know who was first through my door? It wasn't the cops, it was the paramedics.

Not the miltia?

182 posted on 05/26/2003 8:30:14 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Arpege92

"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." -- Arpege92

Your passion is awesome, particularly about the appeal you directed within a public forum. Keep in mind, however, no one that I know suggests anything bad about our guys/gals putting their lives on the line about our communities. You have misdirected the entire dialoge about our finest. You see, the people just don't care. And the government does likewise. Our government has created a police-state. The police-state is about the destruction of our God given rights while upholding an ephemeral operandi, linking government as the truth. And, it is a the truth that government is about creating a police-state. I apoligise that your husband is caught up in the debate about his dignity and about about yours. None of this would have happened if our government lived up to the Constitution that founded our nation.

Best Regards!Buckeroo

183 posted on 05/26/2003 8:30:20 PM PDT by Buckeroo
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To: Lurker
You want to know who was first through my door? It wasn't the cops, it was the paramedics.

Not the militia?

184 posted on 05/26/2003 8:30:22 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Buckeroo
Our government has created a police-state.

Run by the Joos and the Illuminati? Sober up.

185 posted on 05/26/2003 8:32:07 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: ModernDayCato
Paramilitary is an organization operating in substitution for or as a supplement to a regular military force. That is not what our police force does. It enforces civilian laws and codes. That is something that our military is forbidden to do, or used to be.
186 posted on 05/26/2003 8:33:29 PM PDT by Double Tap
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To: Roscoe
Are you drunk? That is what this whole discussion has been about.
187 posted on 05/26/2003 8:35:13 PM PDT by Double Tap
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To: Double Tap
Yep that's what paramilitary means. And I'm not sure what the modifier 'civilian' in front of laws and codes means, unless you're comparing them to 'military' laws and codes, for which there are (surprise) MILITARY POLICE.
188 posted on 05/26/2003 8:35:39 PM PDT by ModernDayCato
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To: Double Tap
BTW, this is the definition in my dictionary for paramilitary:

adj : of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like (or in aid of) a military unit n : a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) [syn: paramilitary organization]

Police departments are organized in a military fashion.

189 posted on 05/26/2003 8:37:28 PM PDT by ModernDayCato
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To: eno_
"NYC has about 40,000 uniformed officers. That's right:"

Wrong. Oops.

190 posted on 05/26/2003 8:38:19 PM PDT by newwahoo
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To: Double Tap
No, that was you pissing on someone's use of the term "civilian observer" based on what turned out to be your ignorance of the English language.
191 posted on 05/26/2003 8:38:19 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Lurker
Heh, I ran into that situation when we had a "bomb threat" at my workplace. It was the graveyard shift, so they waited about an hour before anyone informed the few people who were there (about twenty).
We were assembled in the far end of the parking lot. The police showed up, then the maintenance man showed up.
No one was going in the building until maintenance man and I got to the door to go inside and do a search.
The cops weren't going to do anything, until went in.
To be fair, we all suspected it was bravo sierra. But the police didn't make a move until we were to the door, then they came barrelling in behind us.
I look back now and I realize they were risking danger, as they always do, but it was still quite humorous at the time.
Conclusion, it turned out to be the security guard who phoned in the threat.
192 posted on 05/26/2003 8:39:49 PM PDT by babaloo999
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To: Roscoe
I didn't say that. Why do question me about something totally off the wall?
193 posted on 05/26/2003 8:39:49 PM PDT by Buckeroo
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To: Buckeroo
Was I mistaken about the meaning of your tired lunatic accusation that America is a "police-state"?
194 posted on 05/26/2003 8:42:08 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: babaloo999
Conclusion, it turned out to be the security guard who phoned in the threat.

He must've wanted some job security or a reason to stay awake at night.

195 posted on 05/26/2003 8:45:15 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: Roscoe
Of course we're in a police state. Don't you read Liberty Post, or DU?
196 posted on 05/26/2003 8:45:45 PM PDT by babaloo999
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To: Fred Mertz
He wanted to get off early that night.
197 posted on 05/26/2003 8:46:22 PM PDT by babaloo999
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To: babaloo999
He had to work the rest of that night, but he got a "leave of absence" a couple of weeks after that.
198 posted on 05/26/2003 8:47:47 PM PDT by babaloo999
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To: ModernDayCato
Paramilitary would be the Militia. Police are not military, they enforce laws. The military is used to defend our country, or in the most recent case to, to rid the world of a scumbag dictator. The police force would not be used in this function, ever.
199 posted on 05/26/2003 8:47:50 PM PDT by Double Tap
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To: Roscoe

"Run by the Joos and the Illuminati? Sober up." -- Roscoe

I have never placed a post ... or an article about Jews and any creed that may be a scoundrel about our rights and liberties other than government scumbags; certainly, never some mythical group called the illuminati. Your lies about my sobriety are more concerning than anything else. Are you attempting to damage my credibility?
200 posted on 05/26/2003 8:48:40 PM PDT by Buckeroo
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