The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. -Coretta Scott King
Former officer sees incident
We all hear stories about “bad cops”.
Fortunately, most of those stories are about other communities. And, as a former law enforcement officer and instructor, I can say (unequivocally) that good cops hate bad cops more than you can imagine because their bad conduct makes our job much more difficult and defies the whole purpose and duty that we offer our lives to defend.
That’s a whole different soapbox and I don’t wanna get into that, but I did need to open with that to set the stage for this.
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a Taylor Police Department officer jump out of his cruiser and run up to a car in the lane ahead of him. Like I said, I’m an ex-cop and former instructor, so I just thought to myself, “Ok, let’s see how this plays out.”
The officer quickly back peddled away from the drivers window and I immediately thought, “It’s not playing out well,” and I started to get out of my vehicle to give aid if needed. But before I could get my door open, the officer stopped at the back of the car, leaned down and started pushing. He pushed the disabled vehicle about a half block and into the gas station parking lot.
He could have driven around. He could have turned on his emergency lights and sat in the air conditioning. He could have done many things. But he did one thing, and that made me proud of him, his uniform, his profession and the community that hired him.
This morning, I saw another officer – different one – at a park here in town having a wonderful conversation with someone at the park. The officer wasn’t “bladed,” body positioning. He wasn’t “en-guarde,” hand positioning. He was just having a fun session that I ended up interrupting to give him a very awkward and heartfelt – and slightly teary – “Thank you” for being a fantastic representative of the profession. Because, those hours, days, years of positive service are invisible and eclipsed by moments of negative actions by some. These officers, and so many officers just like them, are a true treasure for us. These are the guys that I’m proud of. Everyday. All day. Members of our community.
— Cole Reed
Men build ramp
Just wanted to let you know that there is a group of men building a ramp at 901 Fowzer St. They are part of a nonprofit group and build these ramp for those who are in need. Just thought it would be nice to give them a shout out.
— Barbara Thompson
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