In Praise Of The Police

[Terri]

In Praise Of The Police

Michelle Malkin
GOPUSA

When was the last time you thanked a cop? And wouldn't it be nice if, for just a brief moment, the mainstream media would hold a ceasefire in its incessant cop-bashing crusades?

There are good cops, and there are bad cops. But national press outlets, predisposed to harp on law enforcement as an inherently racist and reckless institution, hype the hellions at the expense of the heroes. Case in point: the hysterical feeding frenzy this week over reports of a cop shootout gone awry in Compton, Calif., and of a Seattle officer who reportedly Tasered a pregnant woman over a speeding ticket.

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[pRIMrose]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr class="standard"><td>Quote </td></tr><tr class="standard"><td class="QUOTE"> Me, too. Thank you, officers. From the bottom of the heart: Thank you. [/QUOTE]

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In fact, I probably swing too far toward giving our police the benefit of the doubt. With so many slick lawyers and the ACLU (that other union that needs to be abolished) getting thugs off, it is really a slap in the face of all our good law enforcement officers. OJ was a prime example of trying the police department instead of the murderer. This travesty only served to emasculate those who are putting their lives on the line every day to protect us.

Money should have nothing to do with justice. If it did, we should be paying our law enforcement a lot more.

[RealDeal]

I think to be a policman it's more of a &quot;calling&quot; then a career decision. I mean, who would want to do a job where you put your life on the line everyday, have to watch what you say, what you do, how you do it, outgunned by the criminals, ACLU on your back all the time, the citizens you &quot;serve and protect&quot; don't trust you (because of libs and MSM), you have to practically get shot first before you can &quot;legitimately&quot; fire back...on and on and on....

It IS a cryin' darned shame that we don't make more of our decorated officers who've risked their own lives, and the future of their family, to save someone else.

Just like our military...even on the &quot;so called&quot; conservative channels we aren't shown all the good being done...just hear the body count.

We should be thankful for ALL our soldiers: in our cities and those abroad.

[arthur]

first , let me say that i generally like cops . ------ by the way , everyone is outgunned by the criminals , especially if they live in states like kalifornia or at least the big cities in kalifornia and a few other states and the district of columbia . alot of the reason for the criminal being in the position of having better arms than the law abiding citizen is the - police - !! many police do not want arms in the hands of the average citizen and this is especially true of the chiefs of police . another point about the police is that i consider them to be employees or public servants of the communitees that they serve . public service is their job description if i am correct and i respect those people that take the job of being a public servant . entry level police start at about 40,000 dollars in the lapd according to ads that i have seen that are soliciting recruits in los angeles kalifornia . ---------- seems to me that that is a halfway good starting wage for inexperienced people that are starting a new job when they are still pretty young . ----- yep , i see new police as taking the job of policeman because they see 40,000 dollars a year plus benefits as being a pretty good deal !! the reason that i see it this way is because i know entry level 14.00 an hour hotel maintanance men looking to become cops for the security , benefits , prestige , and higher wage as the reason that they pursue a career in law enforcement in los angeles kalifornia . ----- i could be wrong but this is just my opinion at this point in time . ------ arthur

[Ohiowoman]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr class="standard"><td>Quote </td></tr><tr class="standard"><td class="QUOTE">yep , i see new police as taking the job of policeman because they see 40,000 dollars a year plus benefits as being a pretty good deal !! [/QUOTE]
Yep, I'm certain you do. Of course there are people who take the job for the money. Most of those, however, don't stay long after learning what they have to put up with. Aside from the danger, there's the second-guessing of anything you do, the poor work hours, the missed holidays and family events, etc.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr class="standard"><td>Quote </td></tr><tr class="standard"><td class="QUOTE">seems to me that that is a halfway good starting wage for inexperienced people that are starting a new job when they are still pretty young .[/QUOTE]
The days of a new officer being given a badge and a gun and sent out on the street with only rudimentary training *are long over. In my city, a police recruit goes through a full-time, 6-month academy. Written tests are given every Monday - if you fail 2, you're out. Tests in specialized areas are given along the way - fail any of those and you're gone. Then, 2 weeks before the academy ends, you take the state-mandated test. If you fail that, you don't get a make-up test. You're out, after 5-1/2 months of hard work. Then there's 9 months of probation, during which you're scrutinized and can be fired for any reason.

$40,000? The city's getting a bargain.