Misconception of law enforcement
I’ve been working at the Delta police Department 6 plus years, which has been a great experience thus far. Since becoming a police officer in 2009 I’ve seen a growing trend, not just nationally but locally as well. More and more citizens are losing trust in the local law enforcement. For example; a couple of years ago Officer Neil and I were issuing parking tickets on Main Street. While issuing a ticket to one citizen, the citizens young son walked up to his father and asked if the officer were bothering him. Now this was concerning to me that such a young man was already viewing the police in a negative manor. At first I was angry with the young man, and his parents who I felt raised him that way.
So let’s fast forward to March 29, 2017. Officer Eddy and I respond to a noise complaint. I knock on the door which is answered by an adult followed by her approximately three year old son. The first thing the young boy asked us is, “Are you guy’s bad cops”. Officer Eddy and I both smiled at this young boy and told him no we are not bad cops, but he kept asking us. Finally his mother knelt down and told him we are not bad cops we are there because they were being too loud, and they needed to tell up. At that moment the young boy quit asking, …show more content…
I think about that department and the programs it had in place, to bring the department and citizens together. I thought about all of the parades I had to work, and watched how excited the kids got when the administrators drove the shiny cars, with the flashing light by. And then uniformed officers walking up to the kids handing out candy. I thought about Sergeant Gay inviting one of the council members over, and putting him in the Taurus and asking him to get in and out of it. Then he had him get in the Explorer, and doing the same thing. Now I don’t know if it helped, but I do know we are getting Explorers and not
I’ve been working at the Delta police Department 6 plus years, which has been a great experience thus far. Since becoming a police officer in 2009 I’ve seen a growing trend, not just nationally but locally as well. More and more citizens are losing trust in the local law enforcement. For example; a couple of years ago Officer Neil and I were issuing parking tickets on Main Street. While issuing a ticket to one citizen, the citizens young son walked up to his father and asked if the officer were bothering him. Now this was concerning to me that such a young man was already viewing the police in a negative manor. At first I was angry with the young man, and his parents who I felt raised him that way.
So let’s fast forward to March 29, 2017. Officer Eddy and I respond to a noise complaint. I knock on the door which is answered by an adult followed by her approximately three year old son. The first thing the young boy asked us is, “Are you guy’s bad cops”. Officer Eddy and I both smiled at this young boy and told him no we are not bad cops, but he kept asking us. Finally his mother knelt down and told him we are not bad cops we are there because they were being too loud, and they needed to tell up. At that moment the young boy quit asking, …show more content…
I think about that department and the programs it had in place, to bring the department and citizens together. I thought about all of the parades I had to work, and watched how excited the kids got when the administrators drove the shiny cars, with the flashing light by. And then uniformed officers walking up to the kids handing out candy. I thought about Sergeant Gay inviting one of the council members over, and putting him in the Taurus and asking him to get in and out of it. Then he had him get in the Explorer, and doing the same thing. Now I don’t know if it helped, but I do know we are getting Explorers and not