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Peace Officer Poem – Author Unknown

Admin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:49:46 +0000

Here is a peace officer poem that I love. The author is unknown, but credit given to the author.

When God Made Peace Officers
Author Unknown

When the Lord was creating peace officers, he was into his sixth day of
overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling
around on this one." And the Lord said, "Have you read the specs on this
order?

A peace officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark,
scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle
his uniform.

"He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a
homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and
testify in court the next day.

"He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee
and half-eaten meals. And he has to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands... no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord, "it's the
three pairs of eyes an officer has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before he
asks, "May I see what's in there, sir?" (When he already knows and wishes
he'd taken that accounting job.) "Another pair here in the side of his head
for his partners' safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can
look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, 'You'll be all right ma'am,
when he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound
drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on a civil
service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly, "Can it think?"
she asked.

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements of a hundred crimes;
recite Charter warnings in its sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest
a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges
to debate the legality of the stop... and still it keeps its sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with crime
scenes painted in hell, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a
murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement
isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the peace
officer. "There's a leak,"she pronounced. "I told you that you were trying to
put too much into this model."

"That's not a leak," said the lord, "it's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to their country”
"You're a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," he said.

Cst Chelsey Alice Robinson

Admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:50:21 +0000

On June 21st, 2010 Cst Chelsey Alice Robinson of the RCMP was in a traffic collision with a semi truck while patrolling for an impaired driver. Cst Robinson was transported to hospital and later succumbed to her injuries.

Cst Robinson had only 7 months service. This is a sad and tragic story. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Robinson family.

Help Save A Life!

Admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:07:18 +0000

I saw this post and had to post the information here.

Mandi Schwartz, a 22-year old member of the Yale women’s ice hockey team, has recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia for the second time. She is currently back home in Saskatchewan, Canada undergoing chemotherapy, and within the next 30-45 days she will have to have a stem cell transplant to survive. We have not yet located a donor who is a perfect match.

Under the leadership of Dr. Tedd Collins, a New Haven-based clinical immunologist, we are undertaking a world-wide search for cord blood and bone marrow donors. In addition to helping Mandi, these donors could also save the lives of many others with life-threatening illnesses. Dr. Collins has launched the “Become Mandi’s Hero” campaign to coordinate our efforts to find donors. The process of donating a newborn baby's cord blood is free & harmless for all involved, and it could save a life. In many cases the umbilical cords that could save someone like Mandi’s life wind up getting thrown away.

Dr. Collins will send cord blood collection kits to people who request them free of charge & will even pay for return postage (a cost that is usually in the $1000s). Expectant mothers can visit www.BecomeMandisHero.org to learn more about the cord blood donation process. Attached is a brochure that explains how to get a kit from Dr. Collins if you are an expectant mother.

There is also a $1,000 reward to the mother with a successful match. Those of German, Russian, and Ukranian ancestry are strongly encouraged to donate, however, a cord blood donation of any ancestry can obviously still impact someone's life.

By helping Mandi you will be giving birth to two lives at once.

Thank you!

Officer Brian Huff

Admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:03:17 +0000

On May 3rd, 2010 in the early morning hours, Officer Brian Huff, a Detroit Police Officer was gunned down and killed. Officer Huff is the first police officer shot and killed in the line of duty in the last five years. Officer Huff had been a police officer for 12 years and had a 10 year old son. Our prayers our with his son and family.

In the same incident, 4 other officers were wounded.

Watch the news report.

Read more details about the incident in the following stories.

The Globe and Mail
Click On Detroit
ABC News
Yahoo News

Pingoatuk Kolola Gets Life Sentence

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:52:05 +0000

In 2007, Cst. Douglas Scott of the RCMP was killed in Kimmirut, on the southern shore of Baffin Island. The man arrested, accused and charged in the murder of Cst. Douglas Scott was Pingoatuk Kolola. Kolola has been found guilty of first degree murder and has received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Want to read more about it the Click Here.

Here is a tribute I found for Cst. Douglas Scott. Please take the time to watch it. He was very you and a new police officer. Tragic.

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Married To A Mountie

Admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:55:43 +0000

There are many books out there about police officer's and their job. There are even books out there for someone married to a police officer.

Here is one book that we think is worth your time reading. It is a very reasonably priced book and co-authored by a woman, Nora Kelly, who was married to an RCMP officer (also known as a Mountie). Nora Kelly became a freelance journalist so is not new to writing.

This type of book is great for anyone who is married to a police officer. It makes them realize how life is different when they marry a police officer. As the book description says "Nora Hickson Kelly married a man, not the Force or she thought!"

Enjoy the read.