Post by lexordo on Jan 4, 2018 16:46:53 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this thread for a while...
There are quite a few incidents over my years that I relate to the job as being dead. We have all taken a "gut punch" over the years that was the sign that it was "officially dead".
I remember the day I came on the job, an old timer told me that the job was dead. I'd heard it hundreds of times as a rook...maybe thousands of times. The older guys could all point to something-and, for the most part, they were right. But somehow, we made our way. Hell, I'd say that most of us had a lot of fun along the way. Despite the days that we wept over brothers lost, we still managed to make our way and have a few laughs. The hours and the pay sucked. But we still had a few laughs along the way.
My buddies son hit the streets a month or so ago. His dad wondered to me as to how his son would ever make it through the next years. I thought about it. My buddy was the son of a cop too...and his dad had wondered the same thing. Each generation of new cops have heard the same thing. The job is dead...you should have been here back in the day.
The new guys today are facing new challenges that are almost foreign to us. They are hearing that the job is dead. They will, somehow make it through, with the challenges ever growing. But...they will make it. They will make it their own job. It's not the job we knew-but there are still some great guys out there
There are quite a few incidents over my years that I relate to the job as being dead. We have all taken a "gut punch" over the years that was the sign that it was "officially dead".
I remember the day I came on the job, an old timer told me that the job was dead. I'd heard it hundreds of times as a rook...maybe thousands of times. The older guys could all point to something-and, for the most part, they were right. But somehow, we made our way. Hell, I'd say that most of us had a lot of fun along the way. Despite the days that we wept over brothers lost, we still managed to make our way and have a few laughs. The hours and the pay sucked. But we still had a few laughs along the way.
My buddies son hit the streets a month or so ago. His dad wondered to me as to how his son would ever make it through the next years. I thought about it. My buddy was the son of a cop too...and his dad had wondered the same thing. Each generation of new cops have heard the same thing. The job is dead...you should have been here back in the day.
The new guys today are facing new challenges that are almost foreign to us. They are hearing that the job is dead. They will, somehow make it through, with the challenges ever growing. But...they will make it. They will make it their own job. It's not the job we knew-but there are still some great guys out there