Police officer murdered; am I out of line?

[Hokeyboy]

Originally Posted by FiveO

PS: She was a prostitute out of Minneapolis.... someone that many people may have given up on...but not us and not our department.

Pics?

[DeputyDave]

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

Pics?

Wow.

[Artman]

Well they shot and arrested a suspect today... glad to hear it.

[antennaball]

Originally Posted by FiveO

I had to go up and tell the officers kids (at their school) that their father was dead. 3 kids.

Worst day of my life...hands down.

Jesus Christ.

Honestly, I fear a moment like that more than my own death.

Thanks for sharing the story and a great overall reply. Too bad it's going to fall on a lot of deaf ears that have already made up their minds.

[Artman]

Originally Posted by antennaball

Too bad it's going to fall on a lot of deaf ears that have already made up their minds.

I think they just live in their own world so much they don't even realize how far on the fringe they are....

[VinVega]

Originally Posted by Canadian Bacon

Is everyone working a McDonald's drive in window an anticop douche or are you one of the few?

mod note - everyone is entitled to their opinion. We don't need the name calling of other members. Just stick to the topic at hand.

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

Tell you what Cupcake, anytime you wanna compare W2s you just drop me a PM.

mod note - Instead of trying to incite a flame war, just report the post to the mods if it is offensive and leave it at that.

[FiveO]

Originally Posted by antennaball

Jesus Christ.

Honestly, I fear a moment like that more than my own death.

Thanks for sharing the story and a great overall reply. Too bad it's going to fall on a lot of deaf ears that have already made up their minds.

Yeah..this one of of the worst days of my career and I will always remember it.

Called in at noon...told why I was called in. Everyone was at the scene except me...I was at the office as I had just come in after 4 hours sleep.

Sheriff called me and told me that the 3 kids of the fallen officer (my co-worker) had been inadvertantly pulled OFF the school bus as people at the school had found out. They had wanted them to stay on the bus not knowing what had happened where they would get off the bus and the Sheriff, their mother and friends/family would tell them.

The Sheriff told me to give them a ride to their house (about 10 miles) so that they could tell them what had happened.

I told the Sheriff...no way in hell....why? Because I wouldn't be able to keep it in line (without crying) the whole trip. He agreed.

I pulled the 3 kids and the principle and a counselor at the school into a room and I told them. Very rough but it worked.

We pulled together and I drove them out to the house (stopping 2x on the way to cry as a group. It was a very rough day.



People can say what they want about cops dying...its not cops per-se...its about people close to you..doing the same job as you. Their may be a good vs. bad mentality among some...but its a given that if one of the good guys dies...that its going to hurt.

With the deaths in Ft. Hood this week I will ask...how did every other soldier feel? Just an observation.

[Goldblum]

Hokeyboy and TallGuyMe should really get together.

[mndtrp]

I'm not sure I'd be able to tell any children that their parents had died.

[rexinnih]

Glad they caught the guy who "alledgedly" did this. Couldn't believe this when I first heard.