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Something online, it made me think of my brother, love you bro!

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An Officer’s Life*You wonder why he pulled you over and gave you a ticket for speeding,

He just worked an accident where people died because they were going too fast.
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*You wonder why that cop was so mean,

He just got done working a case where a drunk driver killed a kid.

*You work for 8 hours,

He works for up to 18 hours.

*You drink hot coffee to stay awake,

The cold rain in the middle of the night keeps him awake.

*You complain of a “headache,” and call in sick,

He goes into work still hurt and sore from the guy he had to fight the night before.

*You drink your coffee on your way to the mall,

He spills his as he runs Code 3 to a traffic crash with kids trapped inside.

*You make sure you’re cell phone is in your pocket before you leave the house,

He makes sure his gun is clean and fully loaded and his vest is tight.

*You talk trash about your “buddies” that aren’t with you,

He watches his buddy get shot at, and wounded in front of him.

*You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls,

He walks down the highway looking for body parts from a traffic crash.

*You complain about how hot it is,

He wears fifty pounds of gear and a bullet proof vest in July and still runs around chasing crack heads.

*You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong,

He runs out before he gets his food to respond to an armed robbery.

*You get out of bed in the morning and take your time getting ready,

He gets called out of bed at 2 am after working 12 hours and has to be into work A.S.A.P. for a homicide.

*You go to the mall and get your hair redone,

He holds the hair of some college girl while shes puking in the back of his patrol car.

*You’re angry because your class ran 5 minutes over,

His shift ended 4 hours ago and there’s no end in sight.

*You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight,

He can’t make any plans because on his off days he still gets called back into work.

*You yell and scream at the squad car that just past you because they slowed you down,

He’s in the driver seat of the squad car, going to cut somebody out of their car.

*You roll your eyes when a baby cries in public,

He picks up a dead child in his arms and prays that it was crying.

*You criticize your police department and say they’re never there quick enough,

He blasts the siren while the person in front of him refuses to move while talking on their cell phone.

*You hear the jokes about fallen officers and say they should have known better,

He is a hero and runs into situations when everyone else is running away in order to make sure no one else gets hurt and loses his life doing it.

*You are asked to go to the store by your parents, you don’t,

He would take a bullet for his buddy without question.

*You sit there and judge him, saying that it’s a waste of money to have them around,

Yet as soon as you need help he is there.

by Drumright Police Department
Made me sentimental, miss you, glad you are no longer on patrol; after 25 years of being on “the beat”, you DESERVE that desk job.   Been shot at, seen your partner disabled for life by a criminal, helped kids, ended domestic disputes, which RARELY end nicely, and you are still here.  Proud you are my brother.  You have done and seen things I never could.  I can’t imagine seeing some of the things you have seen ONCE, let alone on a daily basis.  You have been shot at, stabbed, punched (mainly cuz you are one huge dude, so of course people gotta challenge you for that alone) and are still here with us.  I love you.
Betty
P.S.  Forgot, you have also been recognized as the “arresting officer”, after the fact, run off the road while in your PRIVATE VEHICLE and OFF DUTY cuz they got on either side of you and you crashed your car!  You made it, you lived through ALL OF THIS.  :)   You recognized THEM too, stupid bozos, criminals are not always so bright, are they?  I expect you to be around for many more years!
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The ‘amazing’ Tide detergent crime wave – Follow up

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The ‘amazing’ Tide detergent crime wave – The Week.

Apparently, liquid laundry soap has become “liquid gold” for discerning thieves and drug dealers. A concise guide to the phenomenon

posted on March 15, 2012, at 10:59 AM
In some parts of the country, Tide laundry detergent has become a sort of black market currency, traded for marijuana and heroin.

In some parts of the country, Tide laundry detergent has become a sort of black market currency, traded for marijuana and heroin. Photo: Ramin Talaie/Corbis SEE ALL 44 PHOTOS

On Feb. 7, police in West St. Paul, Minn., arrested a man who’d stolen $25,000 worth of merchandise from a local Walmart. He pleaded guilty this week. What’s strange, local Police Chief Bud Shaver tells The Daily, is that the rather single-minded thief stole only Tide laundry soap: “Amazing, huh?” Actually, it’s not. By many accounts, such soap-focused crimes are not particularly unusual. Tide is “the item to steal,” says Detective Larry Patterson of Somerset, Ky., where he’s seen “a huge spike in Tide theft.” Here’s what you should know about this strange crime wave:

Why on Earth are people stealing Tide?
It’s relatively expensive — about $10 for a small bottle, $20 for a large one — it doesn’t spoil, you can’t trace it, and as the most popular brand of something everybody needs, it’s easy to resell to consumers and unscrupulous local retailers for a quick profit. Pushing Tide is also much safer than dealing drugs, security management expert Robert McCrie tells the AP. “The idea of somebody making significant money as a drug pusher has been pretty much debunked on the streets…. Selling something like this represents little risk of physical danger.”

What else is stolen Tide used for?
Law enforcement officials say the laundry soap has also become a sort of black market currency, especially among drug users and dealers.  A Gresham, Ore., cop tells The Daily about watching people buy meth and heroin with six or seven bottles of Tide right in front of police cars. And in Prince George County, Md. — where nearly 30 people were nabbed in a Tide-filching ring last fall — police reportedly call Tide “liquid gold.” One of their informants was told by a dealer: “I’m out of marijuana right now, but when I get re-upped I’ll hook you up if you can get me 15 bottles of Tide.”

How do you steal large amounts of Tide?
Thieves are often pretty brazen, filling up shopping carts with Tide and pushing them out the door to waiting getaway cars. Other Tide thieves just grab as many bottles as they can carry and run out. A few weeks ago, guards at a Duane Reade drugstore inside New York’s Penn Station busted a guy filling an empty suitcase with bottles of the liquid detergent.

How common is this, anyway?
Grocery and drug store theft, which some experts link to the economic downturn, is reportedly becoming more commonplace. Large retailers have noted a significant rise in the organized theft of household staples like baby formula and razor blades in the past few years — reaching $3.53 billion in losses in 2010, according to the National Retail Federation. It’s only recently that Tide has become a top target, says the NRF’s Joseph LaRocca.

I’m sorry. This sounds bogus to me…
You’re not alone. Some retailers are calling the story overblown. While the “theft of Tide is not a new issue in the retail industry,” CVS pharmacy PR director Mike DeAngelis tells Fox News, we are certainly “not experiencing a ‘wave’ of Tide thefts.” It’s true that there’s no clear data, says Patrick Goldstein at NPR’s Planet Money, just “a bunch of good anecdotes from around the country.”

Oakland PD ‘Forgetting’ To Turn On Their Body-Mounted Cameras

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Oakland PD ‘Forgetting’ To Turn On Their Body-Mounted Cameras | Crooks and Liars.

There’s no shortcut: The only way police departments respond to the community is when the community rises up. Unfortunately, far too often, people think expressing your outrage online is equivalent to showing up at your town council meetings. It isn’t. Leaders will go as far as they think they can go without suffering public backlash:

Relations between Oakland police and the city’s residents have never been good, which is one reason why the department issued body-mounted cameras to its officers last year.

The goal was to increase accountability, which is important for a department that is facing a federal takeover this March.

However, the above video, which shows several officers with their body-mounted cameras turned off – a departmental violation – is just the latest example of Oakland police officers not wanting any accountability.The video is also a clear demonstration of just how high tensions are between Oakland police and citizens.

The video was produced by Jacob Crawford and journalist Ali Winston from footage obtained during the January 28th demonstration that included activists attempting to break into city hall.

“When the cameras are turned on, you see a green light,” said Crawford, a longtime Cop Watch activist whom I wrote about in 2010 after he was assaulted for attempting to video record a cop.“When the cameras are turned off, they just look like a pager.”

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