I had to work. As a police officer, Houston had 2700 calls for service between 10 pm and 5 am on the night of 24 (morning of 25th). We had (on my area alone) a shooting DOA and an aggravated kidnapping/robbery with a 13 min chase. Caught the robbery guy, shooter is still loose.
I sometimes regret having to be emergency services and work on holidays. I don't get to enjoy them with my family and relax with the Mrs.
But then ALOT of time there is a pride that comes out when you do your job and do it well. Everyone remembers their encounter with a bad officer and that is ALWAYS a bad thing. That is how people then reflect on the whole department. But the ones you never think about, the ones that you sometimes have the chance to say thank you to since they helped you in some way or another. There are MANY of those.
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I had to work. As a police officer, Houston had 2700 calls for service between 10 pm and 5 am on the night of 24 (morning of 25th). We had (on my area alone) a shooting DOA and an aggravated kidnapping/robbery with a 13 min chase. Caught the robbery guy, shooter is still loose.
I sometimes regret having to be emergency services and work on holidays. I don't get to enjoy them with my family and relax with the Mrs.
But then ALOT of time there is a pride that comes out when you do your job and do it well. Everyone remembers their encounter with a bad officer and that is ALWAYS a bad thing. That is how people then reflect on the whole department. But the ones you never think about, the ones that you sometimes have the chance to say thank you to since they helped you in some way or another. There are MANY of those.