Spent a few years back in the late 90s and early 2000s learning all I could about local policing, doing ride alongs and internships. Decided that even just outside of Camden that I wasn't going to be happy dealing with domestics, traffic violations and the general shenanigans associated with that job in that area. Eventually ended up a federal cop and enjoyed it for the most part; certainly not as "exciting" on most tours as a local would get, but most of the time that was probably a good thing.
I got out just over a year ago after serving for 13 years and with our retirement and benefits lagging WAY behind most local and most of the better known federal agencies, it was a smart move financially. So up until about 2 or 3 weeks ago, I was really missing it terribly; having some trouble with the day-to-day as a chairborne ranger. But with what's going on now, I think maybe the Big Guy Upstairs threw me a major win getting out when I did. I look at it now as I have the benefit of having worked with some just awesome people, I was in on training most will never get, have seen some rather unusual things in my travels and have LEOSA/HR218 so I can carry until I am physically or mentally unable to anymore. But I really do feel for the guys/gals still on the job, at all levels. THERE IS NO EPIDEMIC/SYSTEMATIC POLICE BRUTALITY PROBLEM, PERIOD. For God's sake, why can't people with the audience stand up and state the simple fact that over 60 million, on the low end, police encounters a year end just fine; even a hundred that would go terribly wrong would not even been a statistical blip on the map. It is maddening to watch the left's long game paying off so big as the takeover of teachers, the education system, the media, hollywood and pretty much everything else now pays them back with this wave of anti-LE sentiment and action with no major players seeming to take up the fight for the "good guys."
"Support our Police" signs in the yard and standing up to anyone that doesn't respect officers in person, online, at the polls, with donations, etc. is just useless without big support.
ETA: But to you that are still serving your communities, know that the vast majority of Americans, starting with this one, appreciate and respect the hell out of you and what you stand for. I pray that the good ones stay and that the rest of us show the backbone to stand up when one gets railroaded like the officer in Atlanta. Sacrificing those that are sworn to serve and protect cannot be allowed!!
Last edited by rocsteady; 06-21-20 at 14:40.
"Why "zombies"? Because calling it 'training to stop a rioting, starving, panicking, desperate mob after a complete governmental financial collapse apocalypse' is just too wordy." or in light of current events: "training to stop a rioting, looting, molotov cocktail throwing, skinny jeans wearing, uneducated bunch of lemmings duped by, or working directly for, a marxist organization attempting to tear down America while hiding behind a race-based name"
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