Challenge
January 19, 2012 2 Comments
I love being a cop because it challenges me. It challenges me physically. It challenges me mentally. It challenges my patience. It challenges my sarcasm filter. It challenges my ability to stay awake on a Tuesday night in the middle of January. Without challenges I don’t grow. I don’t become a better cop. I don’t become a better person.
With that being said, every once in a while I appreciate being thrown a bone. I appreciate a guy leaving his credit card on the bar when he runs out on an unpaid tab. I appreciate a drunk telling me they couldn’t even pass sorbriety tests if they were sober. I appreciate a crack head admitting she’s wearing her own pants.
What I’m trying to say is that I appreciate you breaking into cars after two inches of fresh snow. As much as I like running with the K-9 (remember I enjoy physical challenges), I barely had to engage my brain to follow the footprints. You did make me climb a fence, but that’s why I do pull-ups. Leaving the cardboard box you were hiding in open wasn’t even the icing on the cake. The proverbial icing was the footprints leading up to every car you broke into.
Thanks for the…uh…challenge.
So, what’s your name? What department do you work for, other than Fantasy land? I’d really like to know if you’re for real or just a fantasy blogger. If you’re for real, why do you not use your real name? Also, most departments keep tabs on their officers. If you’re a real officer, then you’ve probably told one of your partners about this and they’ve told your superiors. How is it that you’re not in trouble with your superiors for posting a blog about your experiences as a police officer. Maybe I’m wrong but how can you really prove that you are who you say you are…Hmmmmm??
My actions as a police officer are all on the up-and-up. I didn’t ask for permission to blog about my job, and don’t see why I would need it. A lot of my coworkers, and several of my supervisors, subscribe to my blog and read it regularly. I know deputy district attorneys and defense attorneys that read it as well. I look forward to the day a defense attorney brings it up in court. I don’t use names in my posts, including my own, to protect the innocent, the guilty, and the alleged. Plus, I don’t need my fans knocking down my front door because they think I’m so awesome. My job isn’t a secret, neither are the actions of the citizens I work for. I’m sure you watch the news, read the newspaper, glance at magazines, subscribe to blogs, etc. All of these outlets freely publish citizens names and activities; why shouldn’t I be allowed to? I’m not sure what you’re fascination is with finding out my name and the agency I work for, but that’s one of the reasons I don’t publish that information. Cops are under enough scrutiny as it is, justified and unjustified. I don’t need extra. I appreciate your interest in my blog, and I appreciate you reading it and telling your friends about it. For now, I prefer to be anonymous.