One thing I see a lot of in the media is the judging of cops and their actions.

We are all judged in our actions - every single one of us. But the difference between cops and civilians is most of the time you have minutes to hours to days to think about what you are going to do. Sometimes we have less than a heartbeat.

Several years ago I was called in on a guy that was armed and resisting arrest. He had a criminal history, and gang affiliations.

He had not presented his weapon, but was brandishing it, so the officers on scene did not feel the need to fire. When I got there with the dog, the other officers were jumpy, as they or anyone else should be, and I decided to send the dog in. Realizing that there was no way we were going to get him to give up his weapon, and after escalating things as far as we could without shooting him I gave my warning and cut Rino loose. When the bad guy saw the dog coming at him he raised his weapon and the other officers shot him. Hitting Rino as well.

Rino died on the spot, the suspect lived. When he made his statement he said he was trying to throw the gun away.

The cops that fired on him ended up being removed from the force and lost their pensions.

Incidents like this happen all the time and the public instantly makes a judgment on what they see or hear on the news and public officials hear this cry from the public. We all know that public outcry can and does affect the local governments decisions. Just think before you judge.

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The amount of crap that Police officers have to put up with and yet are expected to keep their cool is just outrageous.

99.9999% of Cops out there do a really good job and in an ethical way. The few out there who suck, unfortunately ruin it for the rest of them.

I have a great deal of respect for Police Officers and even when they have given me a speeding ticket or whatever ive still always given them that respect.

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"One man with courage is a majority."

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Police and firemen have to hardest job I really respect what they do .

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Nurses get my vote

Thanks Rino, and AKC thank your pops for me.

You boys do have a very difficult job to do. You get a split second to make your decision, the news media and politicians then get months to pick that decision apart.

You guys have my respect.

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Mechanics and maintainers.

That is arguable. If you are talking about mechanics and maintainers in the military yes. If you are talking about mechanics and maintainers that work for the cities then no.

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“It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.”

Yeah as much as I respect police officers I have to agree here.

My wife is a RN (Registered Nurse)...and well she actually has it pretty easy.

But the CNA's (Certified Nurses Assistants) well they have a MISERABLE job. Most of them work in nursing homes, having to take care of people who are essentially dying and helpless.

They have to dress and undress these people, wipe them after they poop in a diaper they are wearing, deal with them when they are senile and dont know what they are saying and doing, give them baths, they have to do a TON of lifting...taking these patients from their bed to the shower and other areas, sometimes they have to give them sponge baths....It is just downright miserable.

My wife was a CNA during the time she was working on getting her RN. Now as an RN she STARTED out at well over 20 dollars an hour (here in Utah that is excellent money). However when she was a CNA, she was doing all that miserable work for just a little over 8.00 dollars an hour.

I dont think I could have done it lol.

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"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments"

--George Washington

"Never spend your money before you have earned it."

--Thomas Jefferson

"One man with courage is a majority."

--Thomas Jefferson

A person who works the cash register at a fast food establishment, earns an honest paycheck, respects the customers, does their best.....

is just as valuable to a society as the leadership.

A job shouldn't define a person, how they do their job should.

For example, a problem I had with many Military pilots (my former peers) is a prevailing attitude that

Pardon my French here...they think their "$hit don't stink"...... forgetting
it's the folks who keep the birds in the air that are the unsung professionals.

Some of these airframes are 35 or 40 years old and the reason they all aren't falling out of the skies is because they've been maintained.

Same applies to our infrastructure in our cities and towns. Maintenance crews keep the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics at bay.