We Can’t Imagine What Cops Go Through

I do not have any sympathy for cops because so many abuse their position and mistreat good innocent people who have not broken the law

Figured it wouldn't take too long for someone like #1's post. But, this article is also illustrating what the left will do once they get "red flag" laws enshrined, and that will be to take away the guns of any/all former law enforcement and military, since they've experienced things that may trigger them, or bring them to commit suicide. And, these Democrat politicians demanding we find a way to keep guns out of the hands of people, please explain how you do that with criminals like the guy in Philadelphia yesterday. He wasn't able to buy any of those guns legally, but seemed to not have any trouble obtaining them. Same in Mexico folks, where gun ownership is legal, but VERY difficult process, but does not seem to have any impact on the drug cartels from having ample amounts of firearms.

I have many friends who are or are retired police officers, several of them having been wounded in action. After spending time with them on the range, and in bars, and at dinner for almost 40 years, I think I have a bit of an idea. Having been on a ride along where we had to enter a slum apartment and walk up to the 5th floor, and try to sort out what had happened with 10-12 screaming, angry, and two bloody (not gunshots) black citizens, many sullen and unanswering, others angry and yelling, as the only white faces in the area, not knowing if a gun was going to appear and the shooting start, I think that helps me, at least a little bit, to understand the stress and the challenge. But, I'm pretty sure that until you have actually done the job for a while, you will fail to understand it fully. I strongly recommend that any interested citizen try to do a few ride-alongs with their local police and see if they can learn a little bit more about what this difficult, dangerous, and critical job is all about.

#1, it us a small minority. I hope one day you need a cop really badly so you can get over your sad, irrational attitude problem.

I cannot pretend to have the least appreciation of the cops' experience doing a job where vermin are entitled to attack you with bottles or bullets at any time. However I worked for awhile as an orderly in the Emergency room of a downtown hospital and I can assure you it is truly wearing and disheartening it is to be dealing with the dregs, day in and day out.

I have had the privilege of working besides law enforcement for over 28 years. I am also happily married to one of them so I can give you a pretty good perspective. The men and women I have worked with in a very busy inner city are among the finest individuals I know. They are dedicated to the cause of justice, to protecting the innocent, to rescuing those in need and providing assistance where ever they can. They see, on a daily basis, the worst of society. They see the damage that criminals do to families. They comfort the families of homicide victims as they advise them of the horrible news. This job is not a career to them. It is their calling. And they do it despite the condemnation of the very people they are helping as well as the politicians who have no idea what they see and do. They work long hours, sometimes days at a time when they are hot on an investigation. Often they have no one to share with besides each other because they do not want to bring the job home to their families. My husband has responded to scenes where a jealous wife slit the throats of her young step-children. The children were the same age as our sons at the time. He has seen dead children accidentally left in a car. He has seen a young hard working high school student shot and killed because the robber wanted the kids bomber jacket. He has seen car accidents where both parents were killed and he realized that the 2 baby seats in the back seat meant 2 young children just lost their parents. He has seen suicides, investigated rapes of innocent young women, and more homicide scenes then I care to count. He was lucky because I understood the job and we could talk about it. He also saw some of those arrested for these crimes found not guilty because of anti-cop bias of jurors. He has spent more holidays away from his family than with them because of the job. It was just our way of life. Since his retirement, the anti-cop bias has become 100 times worse thanks to Obama's anti-police agenda and Black Lives Matter. Our children were told they could become anything they wanted except a police officer because they were not going to end up in jail because they shot someone in self-defense and the community decided the "victim" was Michael Brown of the fabled "Hands Up. Don't Shoot" mantra. Being a police officer is perhaps among the most fulfilling of careers but it takes it's toll. And it's about time people rise up in this country and start marching on their behalf instead of against them. I would be happy to participate.

#6, the deepest and most sincere thank you from a policeman's daughter and a policeman's wife. Police work is a calling, a vocation. TK describes himself as a "sheepdog" and his mission is to protect the flock. Concurrently he served 20 years on the LAPD and 25 years with the CA Army National Guard, retiring as a major. He has continued to serve during his 20 years of retirement; he is the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) coordinator for our county in a volunteer capacity, he is a member of our local area Advisory Council, and the public member for the county's Council of Governments sharing duties with mayors and county supervisors. He is also the de facto "mayor" of our subdivision making sure everyone is fire safe and have updated maps of emergency escape routes out of our mountainous and forested area. Through his leadership we now have three escape routes (roughly bulldozed, but passable with 4wd) that will leave our main road open for fire trucks only. He is busier now than when he was both a cop and a guardsman. He will spend his last breath protecting another. I am so blessed to have this wonderful man as my husband. As you can see, I'm mighty proud. Blue Lives Matter!

Pass on a big thumbs up to TK, #7. Sounds like a critical link in the chain. And another thanks for #6.

A&E has a program on Friday nights called "Live PD," where they have camera crews ride along with police officers in various jurisdictions all over the country. It has been a real eye-opener to me to see what the police have to deal with every day. After watching that show a few times, I've decided we don't pay police enough. I'm sure the violent crimes, suicides and car accidents are traumatic, but the steady drip, drip, drip of general craziness, dysfunction, drunkenness, drug abuse, DUIs, and irrationality has to wear them out as well.

No one should have to worry when they leave home if they will live to see their family at the end of a shift. No one. I blame Obola for all of the disrespect. He set race relations back 50 years and made some people happy. It's about comeuppance. Cookies For Cops. Take a tin of cookies to your local police station and say "Thanks"