You've made a good thread here.

Like the previous poster, I've also made comments against the various law enforcement organisations, particularly after the approacch to the G20 protests in London (I'm from the UK you see). But I think the main brunt of backlash against them was from the constant media attention fuelling the flames. I guess a lot of people just got swept up in that.

My own father is a police officer, and it's something he's very proud to be, and he's passionate about it. It really does help when making informed opinions about society!
I couldn't imagine how you must have felt at the service, by the way, but I'm glad it made you feel a few feet taller.

Agreed, 2009 seems to be a bad year for LOD deaths

That being said that it's very easy to forget that 90% of LEOs have not forgotten their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, it's just that we here about the 10%ers more then the 90%ers.

Thank you, all of you, thank you for the kind words. Hopefully with people like you responding to this thread, some out there may actually start to look at their local law enforcment a little differently. Hopefully they will come to realize that not all law enforcement are "bad guys", and that most LEO's out there are just simply trying to do a good job protecting them.

I hope it gives you some peace of mind.

My hubby is a policeman, and he is a GOOD GOOD man too, he gets terribly frustrated when he sees what the current generation of police are getting up to, and the lack of knowledge and training they receive. But he does point out that they are not all bad.
The horrid thing about all the police bashers, and in some cases yes I can understand why you would get angry, is that they dont hear about what the good guys put up with.
Hubby for example, has been bashed many times, had needles stuck into him (then onto HIV medications, and that is just horrible in itself), been bashed with implements, kicked, had his face half hanging off his head, he has been left out in the cold by his partners and bashed up because they were too scared to get out of the car and support him or call in support, god there is many many an incident, and still he wants to go out there and help, but gets so wound up by the current policing systems, that he feels to ashamed to go back, plus he is very broken now and its difficult for him to do his job as he used to.
He is being ostracized by the police force and the insurance companies because the FORCE BROKE HIM and now dont want to pay up.

There was also another incident here where an officer was brutally assaulted confined to a wheel chair by his attackers, and is now being told that he cant claim compo! All that he was doing was trying to break up a fight with some male family members on the street... Go figure.

But I digress, as I was pointing out its nice to see that there is a thread to defend those that risk their lives for us....