You know being a cop is more than having a big head, it is more than having authority, it is more than worrying if everyone likes you, when you do your job and do it right you can make many enemies. I deal with that crap every day of my life. And you can also make many long time friends.
When generalizations are made about cops, it seems most agree. When generalizations are made about anything else, including dog breeds......Many people stand up for themselves, their dogs, their families.
Well I am here to say,... I didn't marry a cop. I married a mason, you know concrete.... Well that mason took a pay cut to become a cop. He wanted to. He wanted to serve. He is now Sergeant and head of our k9 division. Hate dogs? I don't think so. Shoot dogs? Yes once. The dog had been hit by a car. No collar, No tags, and the owner couldn't be found with knocking on all the neighborhood doors. The dogs back was clearly broken in two. Could not lift his head, and his body looked like an L. But was still alive and quietly moaning. Nobody wanted to end this dogs suffering along the road.....So my husband did. Do I find that inhumane? No, I find that he did something he didn't want to do, but felt he had to so the dog wouldn't be in pain. Sometimes things and situations can be very different when you are there.
The general public doesn't see the kind of things an officer can/will have to put up with.
The time a person on a routine traffic stop...would not stop until he pulled into his own driveway...Pulled a gun and shot at my husband. Yes my husband shot him......in the shoulder, he ran into the backdoor and left his aggressive GSD out to attack my husband, before he passed out inside of his house. The GSD did try to attack my husband......Did this cop shoot the dog?
NO! He hit the dog in the head with the stock of his shotgun. The dog then retreated. Would I agree with shooting this dog? Under the circumstances YES. But he didn't do it. Did he make the news for not shooting the dog? No. .. Would he have made the news if he would have shot the dog? Probably. (Although he did make the news for the altercation with the person.)
As for tranqualizing an aggressive dog, instead of using your service weapon?
That is really not an option in most cases. I mean really....Do you think an officer is also supposed to carry a dart gun on his belt including everything else he/she is required to wear....that is just not an option. And when a dog aggresses there is really no time for.........Oh wait, just a minute dog...I need to retrieve my tranqualizer gun from my vehicle.
You do what you have to do in the moment........And I am not saying all cops are worthy or great role models.......BUT some are! I KNOW my husband would take a bullet for his family, for his fellow officers.....and even for a piece of trash on the street. That is just the way he is.
He does many demonstrations in local schools, his main objective is to make friends with the kids and undo the ideas that Some parents put into their children's heads. Which is really a sorry thing when parents instill the values that an officer is a bad thing.
Did you ever hear a parent say: "You better be good, or that cop will come and get you" Well that is my biggest pet peeve! Cops in general are not bad, it is values that are instilled in our children from parents that make them bad...... Unless of course you are a criminal.....then the laws and cops should be able to protect us from you. Not the other way around.
Anyway I am very proud of my husband......Here is just one picture from a demonstration. He has done about 90 in the last three years.... to children that could be just like yours..........
The children always seem very pleased to learn about Rocket, and how to protect themselves against predators. It is lighthearted and a fun experience... And yes a Cop even teaches them about dog care and a little dog training.
I just wish people would quit generalizing about cops..........That is one of the few professions that a generalization can get you killed.
I also don't care if you like me or my cop husband, but I do deserve some respect and the poster that would like to see my husband shot on tv in front of my family........[mod edit]
