You know, I hate to seem cold and callus, but why are police officers treated so special when one is killed in the line of duty? For example, where is the memorial service and donations for this guy:
City sanitation worker dies after being hit by street sweeper in Queens - NY Daily News
Where is this guy's parade of street sweepers and sanitation trucks in his honor or his memorial fund? One comment in the newspaper:
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OSHA needs to look into this."
The farmer works every day to put food in the grocery stores for my family to eat, and they are killed on the job more often then police officers are. The sanitation worker keeps my family safe by taking away our garbage every week, and they are killed on the job more often then police officers are. The logging and lumber industry worker providing wood to build the house that my family lives in is killed on the job more often then police officers are. Where are their memorials and donations funds?
While I’ve been holding off on comments on the OP I have to post MHO.
I am saddened by the loss of an LEO and not only the loss to the community but to his family and friends as well. It is never understandable how these criminals think or act or how they can be so indifferent to human life.
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With that said, I understand NAVY’s comments, probably because I was on active duty for over twelve years. We knew going in that we could possibly die for our country. Not a doubt in my mind or most that join the brotherhood. You train, train, practice even more and train. The whole idea is to make the other person die for his cause not you. That is what is understood. But that is also what the military is about.
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Civilian first responders (which is now what they’re called) train, train and train some more to ensure their skills are adequate to not only survive the fire, pull people out . Engage in a shooting and or arrest of a BG and or save lives for all the above to include EMT’s. But that’s what they get paid for, that’s what they train for, that’s what the tax dollars from my pocket subsidized.
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Heroes are just THAT, those that have risen to a point WELL BEYOND their normal course of duties to engage whatever conflict that is in front of them willing to put their life on the line. Putting their life in danger by consciously willing to give their life to aid those they wouldn’t normally have to. Most if not all heroes ever consider themselves a hero. Ask any VET going back to WWII , and yes they’re some around, to today’s vets returning from the middle east. You did what you had to do to have your unit survive. Not necessarily you but your fellow unit members as well.
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Again I do regret the LEO’s loss of life. It’s is unimaginable to me to have such a loss but he did what he like to do knowing the dangers. He made the call.
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As a caveat, my sister, a retired Orlando LEO and her husband a DEA agent split because she just couldn’t stand the pressure her husband was placing on her by doing undercover work in really highly intense group of people. BUT she did understand that was his calling. Not a hero, just doing his job.
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Thanks, now back to our original thread. (if ya worried about hi jacking a thread…..call the TSA. We’re here to share information, ideas and experiences)
