A memorial for fallen hero's Do not send stupid awnsers or "hate cops", Have SOME respect.?

Question

I never dreamed it would be me
My name for all eternity
Recorded here at this hallow place
Alas, my name, no more my face
In the line of duty I hear them say
My familynow the price to pay
My folded flag stained with their tears
We only had those few short years
The badge no longer on my chest
I sleep now in eternal rest
My sword I pass to those behind
And pray they keep this thought in mind
I never dreamed it would be me
And with heavy heart and bended knee
I ask for all here from the past
Dear God, let my name be the last.

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Deputy Collins: EOW: January 4, 2006
Offiicer Kasier: EOW: July 17, 2006

I'm not looking for sympathy. Yes we do know the risk of the job. But If some one on here posted the same thing to Firefighters would you say the same thing? Its a memorial. You have your oppinons and thats fine. All Im doing is paying respect to people that have lost their lives, cop or not they were people with familys like any one else. Im not asking you to respect living officers, just repsect the ones that have passed....as people.

And yes from Ohio, but SW...Knew Officer Kasier personaly

Some of you are not getting it. I am not saying respect them because they were peace officers, I put this here because they were friends, they just so happend to be officers.
I dont see where the fact of LE being Proactive or reactive comes into play or comparing them to our service men and women, but.. Officer Kasier died minutes befor going on his run..which was not a street or patrol officer.He was a piolt in the helicopter division. He didnt die from gun shot wounds or killed during a traffic stop by another car, he passed due to a heart attack. Did he die while on duty? Yes. Was he a human being, just like the trash collector? Yes. Does that make him any less desrving of me paying respect or honring him? No

Answer 1

I really am sorry to read of these officers.
May God richley bless thier Families and all lives that were touched by them.
Amen

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Tough job - I know, I have done it.

Is it the most dangerous job? Not even in the top 10. Do most cops become cops out of a sense of civic duty? They may say that, but both psychologists and personal observation say that is not really the truth. (Most people become cops because of job security, pension benefits, sense of power, etc).

Do cops die in the line of duty? Of course - always tragic. Are they serving the community more than the trash collector? Only in the opinion of other cops and their families. I had a buddy die a few months ago working on an Epi reactor. Was his death less important than the death of a local cop? No - not really. Was his job less important than that of a street cop? No - in the real sense of things, that engineer was providing for a family, paying taxes, adding to his community in the same way that officer was.

In my lifetime, I have been shot at, mugged three times; had my car stolen, had three friends lose their lives in criminal activities. I can say that not once did the cops prevent this from occurring. They merely acted as admins writing the report. None of the crimes mentioned were investigated or solved (I got my car back because it just happened to be towed -- 10 tickets on it and not one cop checked to see if it was stolen).

What I find most disturbing is that in the Bay Area, there were 4 cops murdered in the line of duty. All four murders were solved. In the same time period, 160 citizens were murdered. Less than 10 have been solved. That does not show a lot of confidence in LE to really solve tough crimes. I know that if my son or daughter were murdered, I would hire my own PI and ignore "professional LE" altogether.

Do you want to keep traffic speeds down? look to the cop. Do you want to solve real crime, do it yourself.

In our country, the only real freedom you have is the freedom of choice. If you choose a profession that is dangerous, accept the dangers and quit crying. And please, don't put yourself on the same martyrdom as a soldier. Most police officers are highly paid and hardly making the same sacrifices.

Just my two...

BTW: I am sorry for your personal loss. It is always tragic to lose a friend, no matter what their profession.

Answer 4

People don't understand nowadays, that in order to get respect you must first show respect. If everybody followed that simple tactic things would be so much nicer. The ones who don't are the very ones who think the world owes them something, they never were taught that hard work pays off. I am glad to be getting old,so I won't be around when these "ME" people become the majority.

And to your post. God Bless the families our fallen public service members have left behind. I for one don't want them to feel like their family member's service to the community was in vain.

Answer 5

To sherryL When you say your prayers at night you should pray that god sees fit to send you a good police officer who despite the fact that you are arrogant and obnoxious helps you anyway because it is his job Because personally if you talked about ME the way you do about cops and I found you on fire I wouldn't pee on you to put you out
As for the police officer mentioned above God Bless his family and thank all cops for the inspiration to do good because it is the right thing

Answer 6

Your looking for sympathy in the wrong place. They got paid for what they did....AND THEY KNEW THE RISK WHEN THEY ACCEPTED THE JOB. Perhaps, if more cops crossed the BLUE LINE and did the right thing.....more people would be for them and their families. Personally, I have NEVER HAD A COP HELP ME....AND I DOUBT THEY EVER WILL!! They are just pain in the butt and morally arrogant....as far as I am concerned!!

PS WHEN A COP HAS RESPECT FOR ME.....THEN I WILL HAVE RESPECT FOR THEM. If you don't like the answers.....don't post, or at least post with the realism that many don't view cops...ahem police officers, in such rose color glasses as you!!!

Answer 7

In order to get national respect, you have to overcome the last 100 years or so of unequality (that still exists today) and those who abuse their authority.

We have to not only look out for you guys harassing us (whether we deserve it or not- see abusing authority), look our for criminals, protect our children from perverts and keep them off of drugs, try to earn a living, and then when we call on you guys for help, wonder why the hell you either take 3-4 hours to show up or completely blow us off when you do come? And you think that we should just automatically respect you because you wear blue?

We walk the same rough streets that you do, only we don't have the same protections that you do. If someone assaults us, you rarely do anything about it. If someone assaults you, the automatically go to jail. If someone hits us with their car, if it is on private property you do not even respond. If someone hits you, its is attempted murder.

If you want respect and support, do something positive besides hide behind and badge and whine that you job is dangerous. When we walk down the same streets with rapists and crack dealers, we have to protect our selves from them without your help. We have to protect ourselves from you. And we don't get paid for it.

Answer 8

I'm guessing you're from NW Ohio?

Update: to the person below me...as the daughter of one cop, and girlfriend of another I know the bullshit they put up with on a daily basis...my opinion...you want respect from them, YOU need to show it first.

Answer 9

God Bless him and keep him close. Law enforcement is a family like the military (I am in both) and I know that it hurts all of us to see one of our family fall. I wish there was something I could do to ease your pain and the pain of his family.

Answer 10

Amen.