Our Dear Mrs Reynolds

Thank a cop! October 22, 2009

I am sick to death of people whining about cops. Just STOP it.

In the news over and over all you hear is ‘why didn’t the cops do this?’ ‘why didn’t the cops do that?’ ‘why are they harassing us good citizens when they should be arresting criminals?’ Chances are if they are ‘harassing’ you, you have broken a law. Breaking a law makes you a criminal…PERIOD.  I understand bad cops exist, I have met a few, but bad people exist in every profession. You may run into a one who may be grumpy but they are still people, people who have a tough job. Imagine if you will the things tech support deals with or the service industry deals with, now multiply that by a 100 or more. The main difference here is that these other professions do not put their lives on the line everyday.

Most of the time when cops are featured on the news it is to offer up their heads on a platter or else it is because they are dead. These Men and women, who are human beings just like you and I, risk their lives for us and all we do is complain.

You are in a bad mood because you had to take the long way home. There was an accident and the cop would not let you take your normal turn. You glare at him or her, and you go home bitching. You should be saying thank you. Thanks officer for looking out for me and my community. Thank you for keeping me safe.

You are late for work because an officer is directing traffic outside the elementary school. You complain about the waste of money. You should be saying THANK you officer for keeping these children safe.

Recently in the news a small girl from FL went missing and was found dead. People all over the place are ostracizing the officers on the case. Really? These guys worked in rotating 12 hour shifts looking for this girl. Oh why didn’t they issue an amber alert sooner? They couldn’t….they have guidelines they have to follow. They did an amazing job and because they did an amazing job they found her. Do you not realize how many children go missing and are never found? I am sure this was as heartbreaking for them as it was for the general public. Believe it or not cops are people too. People should be thanking them for the amazing work they did.

Here where I live a member of a local frat was killed by an officer. This person had called 911, said he was drunk, driving down the highway, had a gun, and wanted the police to stop him. When police caught up with him he ended up shot. I consider that a suicide by cop (which is a horrible thing to do; people who do this are assholes). Once again people called out for blood. Why didn’t the cops just shoot to disarm him? They do not shoot to disarm…they shoot to eliminate the threat. Why didn’t they use a taser? Um on a DRUNK person that had a gun?! Yeah that sounds logical…. The officer did nothing wrong and people should thank him for stopping this person who was so self centered he didn’t care who else her hurt when he got into that car.

People complain about DWI checks. Ok let us have you lose a friend or family member to a drunk driver and see how much you complain then. Maybe next time you should say thank you officers for keeping the roads safe.

Cops are glared at, bitched at, whined at, threatened, the list goes on and on, but if you need them they will still risk their lives for you. You can hate them all you want and they will still protect you. They are amazing human beings and it is horrifying how poorly they are treated.

To all the cops out there, thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!