There is a
blue ribbon on the front of my house.
It is there
because I support law enforcement. The vast majority of the people within my
broadcast voice are in agreement….while the rest of the world seems to be on a
lunatic pursuit of anarchy.
“Defund the
police,” is the cry. In Fairfield, the starting salary for a police officer is
$35,000. It’s slightly north of $40,000 for a county deputy. A shift manager at
a local fast food restaurant makes that kind of money. The police officers risk
injury and death every shift. The shift manager at Mickey D’s has to dispense
refunds if the fries are cold.
New York has
cut a billion dollars out of its police budget. Seattle allowed a cop-free
neighborhood only to have the Mayor reverse course after 65 offenses were
reported inside the zone including rape and murder.
A society
without laws and adequate law enforcement is doomed to implode.
On the wall
of my den at home are the badges of my father. He rose through the ranks to
become the police chief in the town where I grew up. My dad was not a saint and
he never considered himself a hero. The good cops don’t see themselves that way.
They just want—and deserve-- the respect that
goes along with carrying the shield.
They have mine..
…which
explains the blue ribbon on the porch of my house.
Defang the police or demilitarize the police would have been a better slogan.
ReplyDeletePolice work is well outside of the top ten most dangerous jobs. Less dangerous than cutting grass, driving a semi, etc (etc, etc).
I support civil policing. Is there a flag or ribbon for that?