DMac wrote:stephpd,With all due respect DMac, you just put this information in writing for all the world to see, too. It doesn't paint LEO's as very stable human beings. Actually, it paints a similar picture about ANYONE out there, regardless of profession. But you wonder why some of us are worried about encountering an Officer at all? This post was quite disturbing to me.
Any LEO who reads what you just wrote will, #1 laugh his ass off and #2 shake his head in disbelief that anyone would put such foolishness in writing for all the world to see.
Let me give you a reality check, based on both my years of being a police officer and on my years of offering psychological counseling to police officers. In the real world LEOs are held to a standard so high, that many cannot bear the pressure and stress of the unrealistic expectations put upon them by their superiors and by the political and judicial powers that be.
Some break under the stress, screw up and get fired. Some allow the stress to eat them alive, along with their relationships with their families. Many of those turn to addictive behaviors in a fruitless effort to dull the pain of that stress. Some of those wind up eating their own gun because of that stress.
The lucky ones who can't handle the stress, see what's happening and quit their LE careers before it's too late. Yes, fortunately there are those who can handle it and continue in their LE careers as healthy human beings, but they are not in the majority.
Now that is reality. Perhaps, not being familiar with the reality of the law enforcement world, you should be more careful with your posts.
Dave
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