Broward County Sheriffs Deputies Arrested
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Gunfights are scary shit. Nobody would dispute that. It’s still their job. I know, I know, the SCOTUS ruled that the police actually don’t have a responsibility to protect you or whatever, but please…law enforcement dudes and dudettes out there reading…tell me you wouldn’t saddle up and do your job when lives are on the line. Most of the ones I know would, because to them, it’s not a 9-5 paycheck, it’s a calling.
To some it may be, that’s just the reality of the world we live in. Not everyone is as honorable as we’d like to think they are.
Scot Peterson and Brian Miller have both been arrested and jailed for their lack of response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
That realization sucks. It sucks because you start understanding that these people are put in situations like Scot Peterson and Brian Miller were put in, and they won’t do shit. Then you start realizing that people’s lives are on the line and you’ve hired someone that lacks the mental fortitude to overcome everything telling them to stay safe. That’s kind of a shit situation.
There was a saying that stayed with me for a long time…well actually two sayings. First one…when I was a young PFC in the Marine Corps, not taking shit seriously…my vehicle commander (we were in CAAT, so my fireteam leader) told me:
“It’s going to take someone you care about getting schwacked for you to take this seriously.”
By the time Scot and Brian took this shit seriously, it was too late. Now take in the gravity of those words. Someone I cared about in our platoon, my roommate, my drinkin’ buddy…they would die because I was fukin’ off. Needless to say from that point on my fukin’ off started decreasing, I didn’t want the second saying to relate to me. What’s that second saying?
“Don’t be the kind of guy your friends have to lie about at your funeral.”
I don’t know what’s going to happen to Scot and Brian, but I can assure you that if folks are going to be civil at their funeral…there are going to be some lies told. I don’t make a habit out of shaming a lot of people on this page, that’s not why we’re here. However, if you’re put in a position to safeguard the defenseless and you cower like old dude Upham in Saving Private Ryan, then you should be remembered as the coward you were.
If you think for a moment that you won’t go hunting for the predator hunting your proverbial flock…then you need to find a new line of work right now because your pride isn’t worth anyone’s life.
Fucking A Cotton!
Well said!
couldnt agree more.
I’ve got an older brother that’s a detective and a nephew that’s in ICE. Both have seen combat with the Air Force and Marine Corps in Afghanistan. I love them both and worry about them, but I know damn well, that they would give their lives to save other, if need be!! For them, I think it’s like you said… it’s a calling for them.
Couldn’t agree more. No place for cowards in this line of work.
Can I share this??? I’m a Volunteer Fire Chief, farmer, heavy equipment operator for Public Works, and this speaks volumes.
Absolutely
I dont have the honor to say I served in the military, but I am damn proud and support the men and woman in my country who have. Having said that, I would love it if our schools and our children were protected by armed veterans. If we can have faith in you to defend our rights in our country and on foreign soil, I can trust you to protect my child
Great article sir. I really enjoyed the read. Very inspirational to me and I look forward to proving myself that I will never cower for those in need at or near my presence. Life is precious, and the lives of others are worth so much more than my pride or anyone else’s. If people can look past their pride, the world would be a much better and safer place. A lot of people today only think and fend for themselves. It’s time we start showing others more compassion, become more sociable, and help save lives instead of video recording or doing nothing. People need to have faith and believe in something again. The loss of faith has showed tremendously the last decade or so. If people have something to believe in or live for, then we wouldn’t be seeing all of these horrendous shootings. It wasn’t like this 30+ years ago, and that’s because a lot more people had faith back then than now. It’s tme to wake up and smell the roses!
Amen brother. Either do they job or get out and make room for somebody who will!
Even when I was a kid I was taught to run TOWARDS THE FIRE….not away. …some people have no sense of direction when it comes to this. ….unfortunately people paid with their lives because of the fear of being shot……as I was told by my father and uncle. …bboth ‘NAM vets. …if you’re not scared you’re lying. ….but you gotta man up and roll or you’ll hate yourself the rest of your life. ….some will get it. ….some won’t. …
Preach.
Preach!
You don’t need a gun. Just call the police. They will protect you. Obviously angry sarcasm here but seriously 99.9% of police are brave and reliable. I’m sure this is rare however they are still human. A shooting goes down in seconds. Even the best police are minutes away. Carry if you are willing and train if you carry.
I’m a police officer and have never been in an active-shooter situation. We do, however, train for them regularly through simulated training scenarios. It’s obviously not the real thing, but it’s been scientifically shown your brain doesn’t differentiate between training and a, “real” situation – a common saying when discussing potential critical incidents is, “falling back on your training.”
I will always strive to see the best in my fellow officers, whether they are from my neck of the woods, or opposite sides of the country. I do, however, agree these men should not have been police officers. Somewhere in their hard of hearts they knew they would hesitate. If they underwent even a fraction of the training my agency provides they would have known they lacked the will and reckless disregard for their own lives when faced with the endangerment of their flock.
I’m not saying it’s easy. As a husband and father of 2 (soon to be 3), I think often about if my last day is approaching. It’s not a happy train of thought, but if I am to go out serving my community and protecting my brothers and sisters I take solace in knowing my family can be proud of me and will have someone to look up to their whole lives. These officers in question can’t say that.
This job may not start out as a calling, it didn’t for me, but if it doesn’t become one within a few years of being on the job, it never will and you need to get out. I have nothing but respect for the officers I’ve worked with who leave LE completely for other jobs. They knew it wasn’t for them and had the courage to walk away.
We don’t need to be sheepdogs, we need to be lions to fight the wolves.
These guys can’t say that.
Hell sometimes, I was jumping in due to training alone. Never had time in the moment to be scared. Couldn’t stop shaking after the first time.