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"It's ok to be paranoid when everybody is out to get you."
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Gilbert MacIntyre
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Bill Glasheen
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In reference to my comment about Al Sharpton, Panther wrote <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote
In the end, the truth is a wonderful refuge against the demagogues among us.
- Bill
After having protested Nixon and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, I know what it is like to be targeted because of your opinions and appearances. And I now live halfway between Jerry Falwell (to the west) and Pat Robertson (to the east). I have learned from them that ignorance, selfishness, and hatred know no racial, religious, or class boundaries.Unfortuantely, he's a politically protected species.
In the end, the truth is a wonderful refuge against the demagogues among us.
- Bill
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bill Glasheen:
In the end, the truth is a wonderful refuge against the demagogues among us.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Amen...
In the end, the truth is a wonderful refuge against the demagogues among us.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Amen...
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Gabriel Suarez
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Bill,
I don't work for NYPD, but what goes on there is prevalent throughout the police community. I can't say much about Sharpton, but to answer your other questions:
1). Why in god's name would a police commissioner (or mayor for that matter) express an opinion on a police matter before an investigation was fully completed?
Because their personal political careers are more important than the officers or the angencies. If its prudent to sacrifice the officer, they're sacrificed.
2). Why should anyone risk his or her life in the name of the NYPD for little pay and crappy support from above?
The number of those willing to do thatis getting smaller every year. Many of those who saty do so because they are warriors, and that is their chosen thing. Eventually, even they go away. Right now, the entire police community is having a very hard time retaining personnel. There are less new hires than retirements every year.
3). And why hasn't some enterprising attorney visited the family of the cop whose
police commissioner may have contributed to his psychological downfall? If the family of
the first "victim" gets a trip to the bank, why not the family of a true victim?
Because traditionally most officers do not sue their agencies. That, also is changing.
In truth, I think the entire PTSD can be avoided by having the right perspective and frame of mind. Police work is not rescuing kitties out of trees. Yet no agency I am aware of prepares their officers to develop the correct perspective on combat.
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Gabe Suarez
Suarez International, Inc.
Training in Weapons, Tactics, and Combatives
http://www.gabesuarez.com
I don't work for NYPD, but what goes on there is prevalent throughout the police community. I can't say much about Sharpton, but to answer your other questions:
1). Why in god's name would a police commissioner (or mayor for that matter) express an opinion on a police matter before an investigation was fully completed?
Because their personal political careers are more important than the officers or the angencies. If its prudent to sacrifice the officer, they're sacrificed.
2). Why should anyone risk his or her life in the name of the NYPD for little pay and crappy support from above?
The number of those willing to do thatis getting smaller every year. Many of those who saty do so because they are warriors, and that is their chosen thing. Eventually, even they go away. Right now, the entire police community is having a very hard time retaining personnel. There are less new hires than retirements every year.
3). And why hasn't some enterprising attorney visited the family of the cop whose
police commissioner may have contributed to his psychological downfall? If the family of
the first "victim" gets a trip to the bank, why not the family of a true victim?
Because traditionally most officers do not sue their agencies. That, also is changing.
In truth, I think the entire PTSD can be avoided by having the right perspective and frame of mind. Police work is not rescuing kitties out of trees. Yet no agency I am aware of prepares their officers to develop the correct perspective on combat.
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Gabe Suarez
Suarez International, Inc.
Training in Weapons, Tactics, and Combatives
http://www.gabesuarez.com
