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editorial
Respect the city's fi nest and their service
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
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those situations. Th is 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.
Aft er almost suff ering 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; aft er 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 cellphones.
Th ey 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
. Th e offi cers that remain nameless are
the ones that do their jobs heroically,
swift ly and fairly. Th ey 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
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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.
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