I was talking with a truck driver today who just came from up around Gary. He pulled into a parking lot late last night to get some sleep. When he woke up this morning there was a state trooper's car sitting beside his truck idling. He saw the officer and asked if everything was alright. The officer told him that it wasn't a great neighborhood to park in, so he had been sitting there since about midnight so the driver could get some sleep, said he would stay there until the driver was ready to leave.
This is the type of officer you want around. Protecting and serving.
That is awesome!I was talking with a truck driver today who just came from up around Gary. He pulled into a parking lot late last night to get some sleep. When he woke up this morning there was a state trooper's car sitting beside his truck idling. He saw the officer and asked if everything was alright. The officer told him that it wasn't a great neighborhood to park in, so he had been sitting there since about midnight so the driver could get some sleep, said he would stay there until the driver was ready to leave.
This is the type of officer you want around. Protecting and serving.
I was talking with a truck driver today who just came from up around Gary. He pulled into a parking lot late last night to get some sleep. When he woke up this morning there was a state trooper's car sitting beside his truck idling. He saw the officer and asked if everything was alright. The officer told him that it wasn't a great neighborhood to park in, so he had been sitting there since about midnight so the driver could get some sleep, said he would stay there until the driver was ready to leave.
This is the type of officer you want around. Protecting and serving.
Thought I'd post a little +1 for our local PD (Brownsburg)
My wife drove up on a accident scene a few days ago. Pretty bad one (truck upside down, guy hanging out). Folks were stopping to help, and a patrol car rolled up as she idled by. She felt bad about not stopping to help, but she couldn't leave our little girl in the car.
Anyway... she stopped yesterday at a local gas station to get a soda, and it happens to be the hangout for Brownsburg's finest (they have a couple of tables, and the cops do paperwork and such during their breaks). She asked about the accident, and they filled her in one what they could (driving way too fast, under the influence of something, in sad shape, but he will live). They ****-chatted with her for a bit, thanked her for her concern, and said she did good by thinking of our kid (and not getting involved when she didn't need to).
Some folks would have just blown her off, or been "too busy" to talk. Instead, they were (and are) just generally nice guys.
Totally off topic: why is **** (C-H-I-T) on the banned world list? Is there another meaning I'm not aware of? Weird.....
Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.Amen!
I was talking with a truck driver today who just came from up around Gary. He pulled into a parking lot late last night to get some sleep. When he woke up this morning there was a state trooper's car sitting beside his truck idling. He saw the officer and asked if everything was alright. The officer told him that it wasn't a great neighborhood to park in, so he had been sitting there since about midnight so the driver could get some sleep, said he would stay there until the driver was ready to leave.
This is the type of officer you want around. Protecting and serving.
Our local LEO's are fairly good. No real complaints about them as individuals. Over the years I thought I'd see more LEO's in the shooting sports, always kinda thought it'd be a natural extension for them. Sorry to say I was wrong on that. As a whole they just don't seem to be into it. Probably the last thing they want to do is strap a gun on, off duty.
As a whole, I'm almost 46, I think the culture of LEO has changed quite a bit in my lifetime. When I was young I believed that they really did try to "protect and serve". Now as I think about it, it seems to be "entrap and incarcerate". But, that's IMHO, so take no offense.
Plus, i grew up during a time when they picked drunks up and drove them home. Escorted rowdy teenagers home to Mom and Dad to be punished. Now maybe that still happens, I don't see it though.
Over all, I respect them immensely, one tough job, I think they are underpaid too. Maybe it just seems that way to me, maybe it's society that's gone off the deep end and the LEO are left holding the crap bag of it all. Either way, they got my respect.