THE GREAT POLICE OFFICER THE GREAT POLICE OFFICER
Well, Mr. Citizen, it seems you've figured me
out. I seem to fit neatly into the category where
you've placed me. I'm stereotyped, standardized,
characterized, classified, grouped, and always typical.
Unfortunately, the reverse is true..I can never figure you
out.
From birth you teach your children that I'm the
bogeyman, then you're shocked when they identify with my
traditional enemy..the criminal!
You accuse me of
coddling criminals......until I catch your kids doing
wrong.
You may take an hour for lunch and several coffee
breaks each day, but point me out as a loafer for having
one cup.
You pride yourself on your manners,
but think nothing of disrupting my meals with your
troubles.
You raise hell with the guy who cuts you off in
traffic, but let me catch you doing the same thing and I'm
picking on you.
You know all the traffic
laws...but you've never gotten a single ticket you
deserve.
You shout "foul" if you observe me driving fast to a
call, but raise the roof if I take more than ten
seconds to respond to your complaint.
You call it
part of my job if someone strikes me, but call it
police brutality if I strike back.
You wouldn't
think of telling your dentist how to pull a tooth or
your doctor how to take out an appendix, yet your
always willing to give me pointers on the
law.
You talk to me in a manner that would get you a
bloody nose from anyone else, but expect me to take it
without batting an eye.
You yell something's got
to be done to fight crime, but you can't be bothered
to get involved.
You have no use for me at
all, but of course it's OK if I change a flat for your
wife, deliver your child in the back of the patrol car,
or perhaps save your son's life with mouth to mouth
breathing, or work many hours overtime looking for your lost
daughter.
So, Mr. Citizen, you can stand there on your soapbox
and rant and rave about the way I do my work, calling
me every name in the book, but never stop to think
that your property, family, or maybe even your life
depends on me or one of my buddies.
Yes, Mr.
Citizen, it's me. ...the lousy cop!
The
author of this article was Trooper Mitchell Brown of the
Virginia State Police. He was killed in the line of duty
two months after writing the article.
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