Thursday, May 21, 2015

National Police Week

I don't know how many of you were aware that last week was national police week. President Kennedy designated Police Week as the week of May 15th in 1962 to pay special recognition to law enforcement officers who lost their lives for the safety and protection of others. Every year, thousands of officers gather in Washington DC to discuss public safety and take time to remember those who have been killed in the line of duty. http://www.policeweek.org/
We lost 273 law enforcement officers this year.
The week holds extra significance this year, with the Ferguson cases being so big in the news.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32699802 has a video about the negative attention the police officers have been receiving in the media, when they are really just everyday people trying to do their jobs and go home to their families. Officer Tomii Finkle says there are 1%, maybe 2% bad cops to 98% good caring compassionate cops. How accurate do you think his estimate is?


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  1. Rebecca BettingerMay 21, 2015 at 10:46 PM

    I agree with the Officer Finkle considering that cases (like the Ferguson one) don't happen everyday. Also consider that these officers are people who are willing to risk their lives just to protect other people, whether they be good or bad. It takes courage to fill this position and officers wouldn't join law enforcement unless they wanted to help people.

    Also, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, an average of 150 officers die a year. That means that this year past year was extremely above normal.

    Here is a link to their website:
    http://www.nleomf.org/officers/?referrer=https://www.google.com/

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