It is a really tough time to be a good cop, no doubt. But you are weathering it. And im sure many other good cops are weathering it because they know how important the job they do is, and they are doing it for the right reasons.
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Ever hear the urban legend that he has full sleeves and was a sniper ?
Retirement or another PD?
I did and looked it up a long time ago. Mr. Rogers is one bad motherfucker. It takes courage to be kind, and kindness needs strength to back it up.
Most of the people who can show kindness in harsh situations are bad to the bone.
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” To this day, especially in times of “disaster”, I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers—so many caring people in this world.”
—Fred Rogers
Kindness takes strength. I agree
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Started a foundation for veterans and 1st responders with PTSD and disabilities. Still in the early stages but police work is dead and I’m tired of always being tired, passed off and shit on
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Sounds like a worthy cause. Good luck.
My unsolicited $0.02 would be to also get involved in policy work advancing police reform as you envision it. Get a seat at the table deciding reform initiatives and redistribution of funding. You would have to extend the olive branch, but the community leaders you despise so much would love the optics of having worked with police, and you may find they are far more reasonable behind closed doors instead of behind a press podium.
I’m not a cop, but those sound like the worst possible people to spend your time working with.
Without even knowing what you mean by “extend the olive branch”, you’re describing self-serving, duplicitous professional liars who have no problem exploiting a good-faith effort at productive discussion for “optics”, as you described.
Those sound like the kind of people who need to be laughed out of the public square, exposed for the bad-faith actors that they are. Of course, that notion of mine is about as realistic as getting socialism right the next time.
@marine77 I recommend doing something else. Anything else. Don’t spend a minute more around people who think and act like that than you need to. I won’t judge you if something happens to “disappear” from the evidence locker and you end up posting from an undisclosed location.
I recommend steering clear of those people and instead getting a fishing boat, or upgrading the one you have now. Of course, if I were a real fisherman I’d have been out there slaying them on this cold and rainy late July afternoon here in Maine.
Instead I ended up doing chores and posting on the internet.
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I appreciate that and your suggestions… But I have tried. Its absolutely fruitless. Look into St Louis politics. Absolute abortion
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Great stuff overall. A few initial questions and thoughts…
Who is the audience for this document?
Are you attempting to raise funds?
If so, from who?
Aside from that, can you explain the mission of your mission statement?
I think there is something to be said for a simple mission statement that is easily remembered. That’s not to say there isn’t a place for the rest of what you wrote, because that’s all important stuff too.
I work in the broader military shipbuilding industry. At a recent conference my boss met some guys from another regional company who had what I thought was an OUTSTANDING mission statement. I only heard it that one time, and I still remember it. It still resonates with me.
I think a big part of a mission statement is to answer the question of “why are we doing this?”. Yours did, but your lead with a big run-on sentence. The mission statement I heard explained their particular (for profit) organizations mission perfectly.
To bring the sailor home.
That’s it. That was the mission statement. I recommend starting a separate thread on this subject. There are a lot of very gifted writers and thoughtful people who will chime in with thoughtful opinions.
Edit. I went ahead and rotated the image as well.
Corporate sponsors. Large businesses. Anybody that wants contribute. I have a bunch onboard already. Gave myself a year. My shirts sell really well too
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Very nice. I think it is a great concept. I’d definitely volunteer for a place that has most of my hobbies in one spot. The sauna is so nice too.
I think some polish on your mission statement could be helpful, along with getting a website and social media presence. That’s out of my wheelhouse, however.
My main recommendation is to spend some time condensing all of these thoughts and plans into a set of core concepts, principles or beliefs that you can clearly express in one or two sentences. Even if you don’t end up publishing any of the results, you will end up refining your thoughts on what it is you’re trying to do.
That’s my $0.02. Your whole plan sounds like good medicine for a lot of people who need it.
I use FB only right now but have a nationwide network. Randy Couture wears my stuff
I extend my sympathies. Sorry to hear this
I wasn’t sad. Just knew the guy. Saw him daily for a long time.
Fake socialists. Fake wokesters. Fake leaders.
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Not only the mayors:
Squad’ member Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., after campaign filings revealed she spent a shocking $70,000 on private security while publically calling for reduced police budgets nationwide.
Rep. Bush, whose campaign reportedly sent $54,120.92 in payments between April 15 and June 28 for “security services” to RS&T Security Consulting, a New York-based firm with a mysterious online presence, according to Federal Election Commission records. The Democrat’s campaign also paid $15,000 to Nathaniel Davis for “security services” over the same time period.
Bush has said that defunding the police is not a “radical” idea, and she praised St. Louis in April for its “historic” vote to defund police.
You look at neighborhoods where the violent crime is taking place it’s not country clubs and gated communities, it is neighborhoods that cannot afford to pay $70,000 for their own personal protection,
If you care about the poor, help keep them alive. And keep their homes from being burglarized and property from being stolen. Funding your own police force while you advocate to cut police…is not Progressive, that’s hypocritical.
“If you really want to defund the police,” he argued, “start with your own.”
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