http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978 You ever hear the old saying, "You can't have you cake and eat it too"? Well when I hear people complaining about cops speeding or harrassing them with tickets, rather than catching REAL criminals, I think about this letter that reflects a cops point of view.   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 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...Your local cop! You ever hear the old saying, "You can't have you cake and eat it too"? Well when I hear people complaining about cops speeding or harrassing them with tickets, rather than catching REAL criminals, I think about this letter that reflects a cops point of view.   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 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...Your local cop! en-us Thanx, Sailor, for a reminder that there are those out there doing a job most do not have the courage or integrity to do. So often law enforcement officials are slammed for perceived wrongs, while the good they do is all but ignored. I am thankful I can sleep well at night knowing there are dedicated professionals keeping watch. Just as in any profession, there are less than perfect, even "bad", officers. But what would we do without the other 99% who lay their life on the line in the name of protection and justice, who know every day when they leave their home to go to work that they may not return to see their families that evening? http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43203 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43203 Thanx, Sailor, for a reminder that there are those out there doing a job most do not have the courage or integrity to do. So often law enforcement officials are slammed for perceived wrongs, while the good they do is all but ignored. I am thankful I can sleep well at night knowing there are dedicated professionals keeping watch. Just as in any profession, there are less than perfect, even "bad", officers. But what would we do without the other 99% who lay their life on the line in the name of protection and justice, who know every day when they leave their home to go to work that they may not return to see their families that evening? I always think that when some person rags on a police officer for giving him or her a speeding ticket instead of "being off catching the real criminals," that they've really missed the point. Speeding can cause accidents and kill people.  So can running red lights, driving recklessly, etc. Thank policias for enforcing the laws- all of them. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43230 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43230 I always think that when some person rags on a police officer for giving him or her a speeding ticket instead of "being off catching the real criminals," that they've really missed the point. Speeding can cause accidents and kill people.  So can running red lights, driving recklessly, etc. Thank policias for enforcing the laws- all of them. another great blog sailor...and so true. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43275 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43275 another great blog sailor...and so true. That letter should make people really think!!! http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43286 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/CG23Sailor/6978/#c_43286 That letter should make people really think!!!