editorial
Respect New York City’s Finest
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, A 12 UGUST 23-29, 2019 BTR
Nine NYPD offi cers have
taken their own lives this
year, six cops in Philadelphia
were shot last week while protecting
their city, and the nation
seems to continue to slip
into a dark divide between police
and civilians that needs
mending.
But the much-needed way
out of this darkness starts with
a respect for the authorities.
Make no mistake, there
have been times when police
have acted inappropriately
and this is not intended to
undermine those situations.
This editorial is to remind us
all that the good of many always
outshines the darkness
of few.
Just imagine this: you’re
an offi cer out on patrol and a
call comes through the radio
for domestic abuse. You then
rush into that home to see a
screaming child attempting to
defend their helpless mother
from an abusive aggressor,
but fortunately you’re in time
before anything too severe
happens.
After almost suffering a
broken jaw along with cuts
from the knife that the sick
minded individual was wielding,
you’re able to subdue
them with no harm to both
the mother and child, just as
backup arrives.
You decide to head downstairs
and step outside as
soon as you see that your colleagues
are in control of the
scene. You just want a second
to clear your head from the
horrible trauma that unfurled
before continuing your patrol;
after all, you’re only an hour
into your shift.
So, you step outside, and
suddenly you’re drenched
head to toe from a bucket of
water while you see almost a
dozen people laughing while
recording your humiliation on
their cell phones. They don’t
know what you had just been
through and almost just as
sad, they don’t seem to care.
We can’t imagine a day at
work going like that, but in a
department of roughly 35,000,
far too many NYPD offi cers
have seen something similar
to that hypothetical scenario
— and especially this summer.
The offi cers that remain
nameless are the ones that do
their jobs heroically, swiftly
and fairly. They are New
York’s Finest.
It’s now more than ever
that there’s a civic duty of all
New Yorkers let alone Americans
to remind police that
they are welcome in our communities.
It’s on us to show
that we respect law enforcement
and their families for
the sacrifi ces made so we have
safer streets to walk.
Elected offi cials from all
over the fi ve boroughs have
called for the due respect that
should be given to police, it is
our obligation to carry that
out.
No matter what, there will
come a time when you are in
need of the police. However,
now is a time that the police
are in need of us. Even just
saying, “Stay safe offi cer” to a
cop leaving a deli can go further
than you could imagine.
Letting the NYPD know
that their work isn’t in vain
could end up saving a life, perhaps
even yours, someday.
The NYPD shield. DCPI
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