Mark Wilde writes "the police, fire, rescue and other emergency responders do their job professionally and effectively a great majority of the time, and they don't receive enough positive recognition for it".
Nothing can be farther from the truth. Nearly every time the media shines its light on the police, to name just one group, invariably coverage is skewed in the favor of the police. Aside from that, why should police be entitled to any more positive recognition than the rest of us mere mortals? I wish I had a chorus of apologists when I screwed up on the job or in life so I never had to confront my own guilt. Talk all you want about the danger of the job but keep in mind officers back each other up in large numbers, they wear vests, etc. Keep in mind also that two Minneapolis police officers have died at the hands of criminals in the past decade (aside from an officer injured in 1957). How many citizens have been killed by police in that time and you have a relative idea of the danger they face. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
