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“How many of you have said, ‘I’m gonna bust a drug dealer’?” Again, many hands. “How many of you have ever said, ‘I’m going to rescue a child tonight’? Or ‘I’m going to catch a child molester’?” No response.
Prestridge asks this question at every training session — this was his 97th — and he’s become accustomed to that reaction. “Why is that?” he asked. “Why don’t police make that a goal before their shift?” His audience was silent. “I’ll tell you one reason why,” he offered. “Because there’s no box to check.”

The 'box' is symbolic - it's purpose is to create focus... Hard to see what we're not looking for or aware of...