Irv, we knew each other way back in the 90s when we both worked at the same paper. I was a liberal then and despite 25 years as a cop (journalism just didn’t pay enough for a single income family) i’’m still a liberal, which kind of makes me a unicorn in the department.
As usual, your missive is well written, interesting and well thought out. But it also contains many opinions about law enforcement that are popular among us snowflakes and the media that don’t seem quite as accurate after you spent over two decades behind a badge and with the heavy responsibility of having a gun strapped to your hip.
Let me know if you would like to get together for some coffee (even though I may be the only cop who doesn’t drink the stuff), catch up and maybe I can offer you a perspective that you wouldn’t get from most cops. Being a longtime bleeding heart, I believe that a lot of what is wrong with current police trends can be corrected in large part by a change of attitude on both the part of cops and of the people we serve. But it will take some brutally honest talk for people and to acknowledge not only the failures by law enforcement but also the failures of the court system, police administration and the failures of the communities we serve.
Let me know. I’d love the chance to clear up some misconceptions. BTW: I always look forward to reading your stuff.
I remember you well, Chris, and how well you used to shoot with cameras before they bought you a deadly weapon instead. I’d love to talk again, tho I don’t drink coffee either (years of officing in Starbucks cured that). Fair warning, I talked to old friend cops for 3 hours Tuesday. Let’s exchange phone numbers at honestcontext@gmail.com
Irv, we knew each other way back in the 90s when we both worked at the same paper. I was a liberal then and despite 25 years as a cop (journalism just didn’t pay enough for a single income family) i’’m still a liberal, which kind of makes me a unicorn in the department.
As usual, your missive is well written, interesting and well thought out. But it also contains many opinions about law enforcement that are popular among us snowflakes and the media that don’t seem quite as accurate after you spent over two decades behind a badge and with the heavy responsibility of having a gun strapped to your hip.
Let me know if you would like to get together for some coffee (even though I may be the only cop who doesn’t drink the stuff), catch up and maybe I can offer you a perspective that you wouldn’t get from most cops. Being a longtime bleeding heart, I believe that a lot of what is wrong with current police trends can be corrected in large part by a change of attitude on both the part of cops and of the people we serve. But it will take some brutally honest talk for people and to acknowledge not only the failures by law enforcement but also the failures of the court system, police administration and the failures of the communities we serve.
Let me know. I’d love the chance to clear up some misconceptions. BTW: I always look forward to reading your stuff.
I remember you well, Chris, and how well you used to shoot with cameras before they bought you a deadly weapon instead. I’d love to talk again, tho I don’t drink coffee either (years of officing in Starbucks cured that). Fair warning, I talked to old friend cops for 3 hours Tuesday. Let’s exchange phone numbers at honestcontext@gmail.com
Indeed, thank you.
Well said, thank you.