We honor our Fallen Brothers and Sisters of
Law Enforcement from Around the World.
MEMORIAL STATUE DEDICATION CEREMONY
The statue was designed by Brodin Studios, Inc.
Law Enforcement Recognition
Minneapolis, MN (c) 1995 All Rights Reserved
~ author unknown~
When the Lord was creating peace officers, He was into His sixth day of
overtime. An angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling
around on this one."
And the Lord said, "Have you read the specs on this order? A peace
officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale
walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle
his uniform. He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a
stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvas the neighborhood for
witnesses and testify in court the next day. He has to be in top physical
condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And
he has to have six pairs of hands."
The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands...no
way!"
"It's not the hands that are causing me problems", said the Lord,
"It's the three pairs of eyes the officer has to have."
"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.
The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before
he asks, 'May I see what's in there, sir?' (When he already knows and wishes
he'd taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of his head
for his partner's safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can
look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say 'You'll be all right, Ma'am',
when he knows it isn't so."
"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "Rest and work
on this tomorrow."
"I can't," said the Lord. "I already have a model that can
talk a 250-pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family
of five on a civil service paycheck."
The angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly. "Can
it think?" she asked.
"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements
of a hundred crimes; recite Miranda warnings in its sleep; detain, investigate,
search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes
five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop..and it still keeps
its sense of humor." "This officer also has phenomenal personal
control. He can deal with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession
from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim's family and then read in
the daily paper how law enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal
suspects."
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the
peace officer. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told
you that you were trying to put too much into this model."
"That's not a leak," said the Lord. "It's a tear."
"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.
"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment
to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for justice."
"You're a genius," said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," He said.
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