12 AUGUST 22, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Respect New York 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 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.
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
EDITORIAL
Police offi cers and a young girl at the 104th Precinct’s National Night Out Against Crime event in Middle Village
earlier this month. Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
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. 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, swift ly 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.
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