I am ending my 26th years in law enforcement. I am a supporter of the 2nd amendment...(and the rest of them). I have seen heroics in that time... great compassion and good demonstrated by sworn and non sworn alike. I have seen dumb decisions and downright criminal actions by sworn officers around the country. I have, however, never seen actions such as this... or non action as the case here. Blue can NEVER choose itself over others. I am blessed to have been a part of a smaller, family oriented Dept that places a HIGH value on training. Since Columbine, we have trained that the first officer IS the SWAT team... and that explains the uptick in weapons and military equipment being issued to patrol officers. It seems that this is NKT the case in Broward. Granted... a pistol vs a rifle are not good odds...but to sit and do nothing is vomit inducing. If Broward trained its officer s to wait... they are responsible... for the officers to not prioritize life over policy ...if that’s the case... is more vomit inducing.... sorry for the long post / rant. I am done... and j am out of this job in July... God bless us all.
Exactly. The police response was a repeat of what happened at Columbine, and that was 18 yrs ago. I agree, it’s sickening.
Don’t retire, you are needed
Did you witness, have seen as you put it, criminal actions by your Blue brothers? And if so did you report it and how did that turn out? Or was your smaller family oriented Dept unique in that it had no criminal actions by Blue during your 26 years on the force?
Not an attack, FRiend. You sound like one of the truly good guys in law enforcement. But I am curious how the perception is the Blue wall protects its own. Even when the actions are vomit inducing.