Blue Ribbons
- Residents of Mount Greenwood on the city's South Side placed ribbons around trees in a show of appreciation for Chicago Police officers.
It was part of the Blue Ribbon Walk that began at 111th and Kedzie.
The walk honors police officers across the country.
Thanks you ladies and gentlemen. Small gestures mean a lot.
Labels: good news
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
88 Comments:
Would like to see Blue Ribbons covering the whole 19th Ward...then the City. City Hall should have Blue Ribbons hanging from its Door-ways...its the least that should be done but it won't happen.
There also are blue ribbons on California in Logan Square.
Hegewisch is covered in blue as well...
Especially in this day and age. I've had several people walk up to me in the past few weeks and tell me they appreciate what we do. Maybe it was the holidays that made them say it, or maybe the senseless NYPD killings, but there are people out there that appreciate us.
There is a giant Blue ribbon on Wrigley field
Great jesture but we all know it was police families..... Where is the silent majority ???
It's nice to know that there are still people out there that appreciate the police, this is the only reason I can't completely shut it down.
I want to say this to my entire CPD!!! Please! I mean please! Let us all ban together. White-black-Hispanic! Male-female! Gay-straight! Or any other? We are all we have! You wear the CPD shield I will fight for you! All I ask as you fight for me! Please we only have one shot at this life! One time to be the police! Let's get back to some old school police work! And by that I mean we take care of one another. I have worked in many districts and some great units! And the one thing that remains the same. Is that I'm a cop! Some hate me, and some love me! But, I am a cop. Love or hate we are All cops! Please let set aside what separates us and building on a strong brotherhood. Please let's work together on this.
We did 550 in the Hegewisch community. Tmrw, we're putting up an add'l 200 and then more later in the week. Turning our community blue!
This is 40 years too late, as I mentioned in my previous post.... The legitimacy of the police profession is done, back in the 1950s, those days your average cop made the equivalent of 50 dollars an hour, fast forward 60 years, add "the war on drugs" and you get police officers making half of what they did back in day with 2 side jobs or you get bozo in chicago ridge police department making a whopping $12 dollars an hour. Take a look for yourself.
Let's face it, the only law enforcement entity that anyone trusts anymore is those FBI guys
This is a letter from a FB post in the name of Willow Brown. Not everyone hates cops...
Willow Brown - Bridgeport Chicago IL
"Dear Officer,
I want you to know that I see you. I see you choose the booth in the restaurant that allows you to have your back against the wall. I see you walking to your next traffic stop while you hope that it isn’t your last. I see you pulled over, two hours past your shift, as you finish your reports under a street light. I see you as you direct traffic in the scorching heat, the gusting snow, and the downpour of rain. I see you being filmed every time you try to do your job. I see you as you watch mainstream media crucify your character while minimizing your cause. I see that you are tired. I see that you are frustrated and misunderstood. I see that you are hurting as the world watches you bury your brothers and sisters that died because they were guilty of one thing; wearing a uniform with a badge. I see you. I see that you are flesh and bones just like me. I see that you are a human being who has a heart that beats for your calling to serve and protect. I see your cause and I want you to know that I appreciate it..."
Read the full post here:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=576931745775319&set=gm.1010790815601467&type=1
Saw the blue ribbons along south Kedzie. Very nice. Thank you Mount a Greenwood.
Garcia Ridge showing some love
The ribbons have been in garfield ridge for couple weeks also. Courtesy of a local politician that didn't want credit for it.
To SCC and everyone:
Please go to www.policelivesmatter2014.wordpress.com/2014/12/28. When you reach this page entitled Humanizing The Badge, drag your curser down the center of the page to the Read More prompt, to learn more about the woman who wrote the letter entitled, "Dear Officer." It's a classic and should be shared.
BLUE LIVES MATTER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV95Fjf4pIg&feature=youtu.be
Good job.
Mike Madigan has them on the trees in front of his house.
Was there any rioting and looting at the end of this march?
Media Reports “NYPD Saluted De Blasio At Funeral”… Now For ‘The Rest Of The Story’…
Last weekend, by some counts, 10,000 of the police present at the funeral of Officer Ramos turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio. Heads on the Left exploded in anger at the ‘rudeness’. Commissioner Bratton warned officers not to do it again this week.
So media was all atwitter over what the police reaction might be at the services for Officer Liu.
It seemed the hatchet might have been buried when multiple media outlets reported that the police had saluted de Blasio at the wake.
Yet, that wasn’t exactly the full story.
Two police officers were stationed at the door to the funeral home. Commissioner Bratton and the First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker were glued on either side of de Blasio as they walked up to the door. The salute by the two officers was for their superior officers as is customary, not a salute directed specifically for de Blasio, and not a reflection of a cooling of tensions.
http://weaselzippers.us/209929-media-reports-police-saluted-de-blasio-at-funeral-now-for-the-rest-of-the-story/
Garfield ridge is covered with them too. Great idea by alderman zalewski. Good to see nice clean neighborhood residents and local politicians can come together to support us.
As a police officer in Mt. Greenwood I want to thank all of you so much for doing that act of kindness......believe me when after being beaten up in the media for the last few weeks you have no idea how much it means to me and other officers to drive our neighborhood and see all the ribbons. Thank You Thank you Thank You
Hi SCC n Kids. 10 g here. Good start to the playoffs taking 3 of 4. Got to keep it moving. For Sunday I placed 10 large on Indy Minus 3 and a hook and 10 large on the UNDER 40 in the game. Same way with Detroit PLUS 6 and a hook and the OVER 40 in the game. Going to Hawks game tonight. Long but fun day. BTW we have 14 people signed up for our Royal Caribbean Cruise. 5 Male and 9 Female. Still room. Going to have a ball. Luv ya SCC n Kids!
Well that didn't last long........looks like the East side honor students came rolling in the neighborhood ripping down the Blue Ribbons. All of them were removed from my block!!! Neighbor saw 2 young Canadians with a ball of blue ribbons running through the park.
Hey 12:58? Blow it out your ass. $50 an hour in the '50's? What TV shows have you been watching? Or are you getting your info directly into your aluminum foil helmet.
Trust the Bureau? You are truly a pigeon for propaganda.
I would put them on my trees by me but they would get stolen by all my thieving neighbors!
I live in a suburb of Columbus Ohio. Whenever I see a PO parked I drive over and say hi. Really hope it helps.
O/T
Check out the fascist protestors and their list of demands:
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/02/anti-police-protesters-release-list-of-demands/
40 years into the push to de-fang, de-claw and neuter the too big, too bad, too mean, too nasty Police.
20 years too late for the so called "silent majority" of so called upright citizens to set a course of correction.
"We need and support you guys, don't turn your backs on us..."
How can you people fix your mouths to spew such hypocrisy?
Successive tidal waves set in motion by government sponsored corporatists and "too big to fail" financial interests have finally washed the American standard of living out to sea where it sank into the abyss...
A lot of good people lost EVERYTHING they worked their asses off for.
It appeared that the only "survivors" were Policemen, Firemen, Paramedics, Teachers and other such muni-gov/state-gov employees.
Then?
The media propagandists at the behest of their government sponsored corporatist masters, began doing all they could to drive a wedge between these employees and the rest of everybody else from America's formerly formidable and formerly feared Middle Class.
Of particular priority was separating The Police from the public good will...
Artfully crafted yet corrosively propagandist focus/attention on Police pay, benefits, pension etc.
Then the focus shifted to the few bad actors who somehow evaded being weeded out during a pre-employment screening process tainted by clout, favoritism, sheer incompetence and political interference.
We have always said that Policemen aren't perfect and come from the same backwash contaminated pool that the rest of humanity is stewing in...
You hope that every Policeman's moral compass points to "true north."
More or less...
Give or take a degree or three...
Then the attention was focused on Police authority/use of force/rules of public engagement/demeanor...
"You Cops just want to be free to run around unchecked and free to bully, beat and kill young
minority males."
This is a fallacy and an untruth.
So is every argumentation that uses this as a foundation.
Meanwhile?
A deliberate effort to make The Police and Policing go away.
Everybody cheered...
"We don't need you and we dont want to give you what you worked for because we feel you don't deserve it. Shut up and stop thinking so highly of yourselves and give up being so proud, assertive and manly."
A political-media public relations war has been declared on The Police who after a century and a half, SUDDENLY can't do a damned thing right or passingly pleasing in the eyes of the public?
Curious...
No one but The Police was talking about the increasing malignment, slander and outright attacks on The Police from within the department, city hall, the media and in the public sphere.
So...
What happens when The Police are finally fixed?
Will the "silent majority" cheer along with the "joyful haters?"
No one seems to really care about who they're going to have to make friends with now that The Police have been declared as the enemy.
Let's see how things turn out.
Just another old, dumb, heavy-fisted, insensitive, some-kind-of-phobic, racist, "angry cuz it isn't 1960 anymore" cop trying to survive this senseless war...
Respond.
Report.
Repeat.
Retire.
Relocate.
God bless those who participated in this but all is not well elsewhere:
http://www.examiner.com/article/elected-missouri-democrat-threatens-voters-over-white-privilege-on-twitter
This is a letter from a FB post in the name of Willow Brown. Not everyone hates cops...
Willow Brown - Bridgeport Chicago IL
"Dear Officer,
I want you to know that I see you. I see you choose the booth in the restaurant that allows you to have your back against the wall. I see you walking to your next traffic stop while you hope that it isn’t your last. I see you pulled over, two hours past your shift, as you finish your reports under a street light. I see you as you direct traffic in the scorching heat, the gusting snow, and the downpour of rain. I see you being filmed every time you try to do your job. I see you as you watch mainstream media crucify your character while minimizing your cause. I see that you are tired. I see that you are frustrated and misunderstood. I see that you are hurting as the world watches you bury your brothers and sisters that died because they were guilty of one thing; wearing a uniform with a badge. I see you. I see that you are flesh and bones just like me. I see that you are a human being who has a heart that beats for your calling to serve and protect. I see your cause and I want you to know that I appreciate it..."
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Sorry but this guy IS a cop. He's my neighbor and I'm friends with him on FB. He was trying to be rhetorical I think ......Still a nice letter but it was by a cop.
hey scc anybody know if there are plans to place ribbons in Edison park , I will volunteer , maybe on northwest highway between harlem and the city limits . maybe in the spring time
JUST A THOUGHT
Some years ago we flew Blue Ribbons from personal an squad car antennas.
Time to do that again.
I'm not police/family. A couple of years ago, my hubby gave me a pretty pink hat that says "NYPD". This winter I feel slightly revolutionary wearing it, but it does seem to make some cops smile.
The ribbons are nice, but people who support law and order need to go to court when they get a jury summons. They need to sit on a jury in a criminal case at 26/Cal or in a civil case at the Fed building to put an end to the real war on cops. That would really help a lot.
Yes, the small gestures mean a lot. The silent majority in this country wants peace and tranquility in their neighborhoods and in society at large. Lets not forget our Nation’s Military heroes who are keeping us safe outside the borders.
Our nation is currently in a battle over good and evil. Police are always at fault when intervening and taking action while enforcing criminal law, traffic offenses or restoring order. Officers not only risk their lives, but confront civil lawsuits and prosecution for taking actions to protect one’s life.
The condemnation leveled against the valiant men and women in blue is an orchestrated in concert with the media, numerous doctorate degreed academians, so called in name only religious leaders, marxist/communist agitators, highest elected official, agenda driven so called justice department officials and brainwashed sons and daughters who are actively participating in looting and destruction.
Thank you Mount Greenwood residents and all those all over the country who support the Men and Women in blue who may at any given time lay down their life to make the world a better place. We need to counter those destructive forces which ultimately lead to anarchy and will tear this nation apart. An everyday hello or thank you reminds officers that they are truly appreciated and their efforts are not in vain. Once again Thank You for your kind gestures.
I would say that we as police are too late with this trying to save our neighborhoods, why? because coppers who live in 22,8,16 and work there too have for years failed to police there own neighborhoods, thinking that these were great areas to live, well just take a good hard look at what is happening in all of these nice areas, we have crime, and a lot of it, up in 16 there is a pattern of garage burglaries and home burglaries as well, and with the amount of coppers living up there and driving to and from anywhere not many look around and see anything, same thing in Mt. Greenwood and Garfield Ridge, we all have our money invested in our homes, and when some trash moves in we fail to make life hard for them, we have failed our families, for all who have young teenage sons and daughters, how can they move about without fear, coppers have become what I call the 1st and 16th police, just payday cops, but don't cry when your investment is worth nothing, bang on your aldermans door, and for all you 19th ward people, pester your holier then thou Mike Madigan!!!!!
Well nypd turns its back on deblasio again! Bratton has egg on his face, deblasio has no face at all! Wouldn't be surprised if bratton is fired or resigns and deblasio goes extreme. Figures no way to mend the rift and furthers the attack. Stay strong nypd!
Sorry but this guy IS a cop. He's my neighbor and I'm friends with him on FB. He was trying to be rhetorical I think ......Still a nice letter but it was by a cop.
1/04/2015 11:47:00 AM
I do not understand your point "Sorry but this guy IS a cop" - because it was penned by a police officer the context has no validity?
Any word on the retro check. I Need to buy more guns.
10g is on fire.
Fioretti is the only choice. Garcia marches with anti cop protesters with hands up don't shoot lie. Emanuel and diblasio are the same, and Preckwinkle believes all the cops are putting blacks and Latinos in jail because of racism and profiling. Can't you all realize that the cops will be hung out to dry by anyone other than Fioretti.
"It's nice to know that there are still people out there that appreciate the police, this is the only reason I can't completely shut it down."
1/04/2015 12:45:00 AM
Most people support the police, but they're too busy raising their kids and working to be marching around the streets.
Thanks to the supporters!
Don't let a small minority of whiners deter you from doing your job, because when the next 9/11 occurs, and God forbid, but it will, the public won't be looking to social theorists, college professors, and storefront reverends to save them. They'll be looking for you.
rb
Someone took a bunch of them down on 63rd st from Parisi's to Narragansett.
(not A COP)
I posted on another thread, and asked how we start a movement.....someone said it was too late....to that I respectfully say BULL SHIT....Mt. Greenwood started it, but I'm going to do my best to make sure it continues.....BLUE RIBBONS on Sheridan (from Fargo to Chase) = WE SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
Tough times for all LEOS out there, But I want to say most people believe you are doing a great , but hard job out on the streets and I for one am grateful for your presence!
A Retired P.O.
Of course nothing in the ungreatful Black Communities who use and abuse the most police services
Not a LEO. I saw this and think that whoever started it is doing a very good thing. I support the hard working men and women of the CPD. Keep up the work that you do. YOU ARE very much appreciated.
Ok I live far southwest no blue Ribbons here however , I truly support all LE'S It's a yes sir no sir yes ma'am no ma'am in my house. Thanks to all for the thankless job you do. Peace on Earth goodwill toward men and may all that don't follow the do unto others as they would do to you, get a clue and follow us that do
I don't know how you guys do it. No one wants to talk to you, everyone lies to you, they turn and walk away from you when they see you coming, 9 1/2 fucks you, and you still turn you cheek and take it for the greater good. I remember being fucking miserable ,angry, and generally an asshole asking you how you deal with that kind of stress every day. You helped me handle.I admire and respect all of you. Should fly blue ribbon every day of the year, I would. Everyone should sell them and show them all year.
Not a cop
Honestly 111th street looks tacky... A ribbon every 3 feet. I get it and I appreciate it but everybody at these rallies and ribbon party's are all cops and families anyways.. Of course they support the police. And of course they support them in the area this is mt greenwood ots all coppers and firemen. Most here don't hate cops... Everywhere else hates us. In my mind it's pretty much a waste.. It's all smoke and mirrors when the support the police rally is all police off duty in regular clothes with their wife and kids. I'm sure I'll catch flak for this but think about it. We are just supporting ourselves. How about taking a March downtown? Getting non police residents and businesses downtown Tie ribbons and March.. Won't happen. It's a great thought and all but a waste in my mind.
I had a "thin blue line" sticker on my back windshield, but took it off at the suggestion of my LEO family member who gave it to me due to recent craziness. (I live in 019) Please know that citizens out here ARE grateful for your career choice. I joke with my LEO family member that "you stay up all night wearing Kevlar so that I don't have to. I will always love you for that." We get to live in our happy little bubbles because of you. And those of us with any damn sense know that you are what lets us do that. Be safe, and God bless you.
OT: Rahm's kid gets SVU assistance
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news-chicago/7/71/258370/mayor-rahm-emanuels-son-armed-robbery-report
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Some years ago we flew Blue Ribbons from personal an squad car antennas.
Time to do that again.
1/04/2015 12:30:00 PM
I may be wrong but I believe those were for MADD.
But still a great idea to show unity. Maybe they can be black & blue to honor the fallen.
Nitwit says: "...Let's face it, the only law enforcement entity that anyone trusts anymore is those FBI guys..."
Must be a 'special' kind of stupid!
Thank you to everyone who participated we need a huge group downtown by city hall!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-marchers-show-support-for-police-officers-20150104-story.html
It was a real nice crowd considering the bad weather. My firefighter friend and I were proud to march with friends and families of some of the best people in the world!
I have alway had a lace of blue ribbon on my rear plate. Being doing this for over 20 years and replace it on St. Jude' march. Bless all current and retired men and woman of L E.
You guys in Patrol are the greatest today. I see you young bucks and does and my eyes glass up. I remember being a young copper just seeing you great people. Things have changed a lot but you remain the heros of the streets, day and nights.
Please stay safe and keep your health. The stress you don't feel is a killer. Don't let the job take over your emotions for your family. The job does rob us of many things and we look at non police as "They have no clue."
With total respect,
An old timer who still miss's the job.
OT:Anyone into camping or RV'ing check out this site.It's a retired Fish & Game Warden(yes the Police) from ID that used to have a show on WTTW.Came here about 10 or so years ago and did a ride along with me.
Butch "CW" Welch is his name.
powerlesscooking.com
alderman Lone Lane is not our friend. Remember that officers who live in her ward.
To all the coppers out there: Please know that we all don't hate you. Know that we appreciate everything you do.
All that bullshit you hear is from the squeaky wheels. We don't want to be lumped in with idiots, race baiters, and bangers.
I am sure it varies where you are in the city but up here in the 19th we get it and appreciate you all. We know if it wasn't for you the city would not be livable.
And no, I don't have any cops that are family or friends. I'm just someone who was raised to know the difference between right and wrong.
Stay safe.
(OT) wait a second Quinn signs a bill into law to require small businesses to offer retirement plans, and establishes a state sponsored retirement plan but he cannot get the thieves to fund the pension obligations for retirees! Wow these democrats want more of people s money why are they not all on the federal bus?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-quinn-retirement-benefits-met-20150104-story.html
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hey 12:58? Blow it out your ass. $50 an hour in the '50's? What TV shows have you been watching? Or are you getting your info directly into your aluminum foil helmet.
Trust the Bureau? You are truly a pigeon for propaganda.
1/04/2015 10:13:00 AM
I think they supplemented their incomes on traffic stops. After all, it was the 50's.
Anonymous said...
The ribbons are nice, but people who support law and order need to go to court when they get a jury summons. They need to sit on a jury in a criminal case at 26/Cal or in a civil case at the Fed building to put an end to the real war on cops. That would really help a lot.
1/04/2015 01:08:00 PM
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Yep been there done that. Sat on a jury for three days, for what the judge said should have been a 15 second bench trail. But even though I had to work the weekend to makeup the work I missed it was worth it to put that piece of shit away.
Like I just posted and also someone else's post on the silent majority; we do support and appreciate the police.
God bless you all and thank you for your service. To a safe and happy New Year 2015 !
Saw this in an article last week. Sorry can't remember where but I thought it was worth repeating.
The sheep do not want the dog around. He looks to much like the wolf. He reminds them that danger lurks out there, just beyond the relative safety of the fence.
The wolf also hates the dog. He knows that it is the dog that stands between him and his prey. It is because of the dog that he is lean. The dog is the reason the wolf is forced to stalk the darkness.
The dog knows these facts. Undeterred, he stands watch, ever ready to do battle. Despite that, he is an unwelcome guest in their mists. The dog is ready, at the moments notice, to give his life in defense of his flock. It is simply who he is:
THE POLICE
Just go buy blue plastic tableclothes, cut them up and go tie them. People are just doing it here in mt greenwood. No fixed organization. Take the initiative and others will follow. I went and did a couple of main roads with my kids. Lots of people beep, wave and thumbs up. It's good to see. Word is getting out and it's not just police families. Post it on Fb. Ask your friends and families to do the same. At least it's pushing the media to have to cover how not everyone hates the police like they want to portray. Go tie those ribbons!!!
Just go buy blue plastic tableclothes, cut them up and go tie them. People are just doing it here in mt greenwood. No fixed organization. Take the initiative and others will follow. I went and did a couple of main roads with my kids. Lots of people beep, wave and thumbs up. It's good to see. Word is getting out and it's not just police families. Post it on Fb. Ask your friends and families to do the same. At least it's pushing the media to have to cover how not everyone hates the police like they want to portray. Go tie those ribbons!!!
1:10p.m. You nailed it!!!
As a police officer in Mt. Greenwood I want to thank all of you so much for doing that act of kindness......believe me when after being beaten up in the media for the last few weeks you have no idea how much it means to me and other officers to drive our neighborhood and see all the ribbons. Thank You Thank you Thank You
Agreed. Thank you
Anonymous said...
Great jesture but we all know it was police families..... Where is the silent majority ???
1/04/2015 12:35:00 AM
My front porch has a blue light on 24/7. Silent majorty checking in. We are watching. We stand with you.
" coppers have become what I call the 1st and 16th police, just payday cops, but don't cry when your investment is worth nothing, bang on your aldermans door, and for all you 19th ward people, pester your holier then thou Mike Madigan!!!!!"
Mike is not a 19th ward politician you drunken idiot. Guessing you are not sure who you have voted for where ever you live.
Saw CFD there. You were noticed and appreciated. Thank you brothers.
Thanks to the Evergreen P.O. s who were at the walk! We saw you and thought it great that you were there. This walk was for all police officers everywhere.
To the copper who thinks it was a waste and is tacky, you're what's weing with this job. Too many jaded assholes like you. The tough guy/gal. People are trying to show their support and you still complain. Like the saying goes " we are our own worst enemy". I'd hate to spend my tour driving around with your ass.
Mike Madigan has them on the trees in front of his house.
1/04/2015 08:40:00 AM
They'd look better on the bars of his cell.
God Bless Our Military:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/12/15/medal-of-honor-recipient-dakota-meyers-emotional-realization-at-parris-island/
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Hey 12:58? Blow it out your ass. $50 an hour in the '50's? What TV shows have you been watching? Or are you getting your info directly into your aluminum foil helmet.
Trust the Bureau? You are truly a pigeon for propaganda.
1/04/2015 10:13:00 AM
I think they supplemented their incomes on traffic stops. After all, it was the 50's.
1/04/2015 10:38:00 PM
Came on in 1982 and my partner said it was the first year he could stop taking traffic money because we finally got a decent salary.
My starting pay was 17,000/yr. Works out to less than nine dollars an hour, which was a half-dollar more than I was getting at the grocery store job I left to become the police. A far cry from the fifty/hr equivalent you want to claim two decades earlier.
To 1/05/2015 04:14:00 AM:
Amen brother/sister. I work in 022 and have seen/heard more supportive comments and waves the last few weeks than I've seen the last 15 years. Thank you.
I would put them on my trees by me but they would get stolen by all my thieving neighbors!
1/04/2015 10:44:00 AM
I'm sorry, but just imagining you putting up a blue ribbon on your tree, your neighbor steals them THEN puts them on their tree, see's you the next day and acts like nothing happened is tickling the hell out my sides right now!!
Honestly 111th street looks tacky... A ribbon every 3 feet. I get it and I appreciate it but everybody at these rallies and ribbon party's are all cops and families anyways.. Of course they support the police. And of course they support them in the area this is mt greenwood ots all coppers and firemen. Most here don't hate cops... Everywhere else hates us. In my mind it's pretty much a waste.. It's all smoke and mirrors when the support the police rally is all police off duty in regular clothes with their wife and kids. I'm sure I'll catch flak for this but think about it. We are just supporting ourselves. How about taking a March downtown? Getting non police residents and businesses downtown Tie ribbons and March.. Won't happen. It's a great thought and all but a waste in my mind
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Now, Im normally a very positive person. I am a police officer and obviously i am pro police.. duh. but, I can see what this writer is saying. I can guarantee that 95 percent plus of the people at this march were police, wives of police, kids of police or retired. Im sure that there were barely any people who were just there because they just supported the police having no family connection to the police.. Now im sure there were a few, but thats it. All this is, is cops from our neighborhood saying we support ourselves. Or family members saying we support our police family. WHICH IS GREAT!! im not trying to take away from that at all, we need all the friends we can get. But the writer above has a very valid point. We are just supporting ourselves and building ourselves up. Nobody is really giving us support because of this march, its all police anyways!!! We need a march or rally that is made by someone other than a police officer. Organized by citizens, held by citizens and have citizens march in it. Im sorry to say, in this city its not likely. Even evergreen cops showed up to march... thank you so much as they are the police too and they deserve the same respect and support as all police obviously but its still just cops showing up to support themselves. We are kind of being cheerleaders for ourselves... we are patting each-other on the back. I learned a long long time ago... Always be quiet, be humble and dont worry... No matter what you do as a police officer you most likely wont be liked. You never will be and thats not the point of this job.. The point is to silently do good work and help people.... You are silent heros who work in the background and thats Ok. Its actually great advice. Dont do this job to be liked. Dont do it for accolades or to be loved. Do it for your own reasons and to help people. You will be rewarded in the end...
To the copper who thinks it was a waste and is tacky, you're what's weing with this job. Too many jaded assholes like you. The tough guy/gal. People are trying to show their support and you still complain. Like the saying goes " we are our own worst enemy". I'd hate to spend my tour driving around with your ass.
1/05/2015 04:14:00 AM
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keep throwing a rally for yourself and patting yourself on the back when its not the public doing it at all.. talk about foolish. be safe
Bless you SCC for this blog. It makes me feel better after retiring with over 33 plus otj.
Real good reporting by a person that is loved by the masses of LE.
I would love to just ride the streets just ine more week !
Even if you youngs folks have bad days on the streets, you belong to the finest professon in the world.
Please stay well and warm kids, you are the finest and the good Lord knows all the great deeds you have done on the mean streets.
Thanks to all that have done this your much appreciated, maybe the mayor and aldercreatures citywide could get involved like maybe mel and her sign holding friend anwar! #melpeshwarpoliceandtaxpayerslivesmatterthemost
I saw them up and down Western in Beverly today.
It's a really nice gesture and it's very much appreciated.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Mike Madigan has them on the trees in front of his house.
1/04/2015 08:40:00 AM
They'd look better on the bars of his cell.
1/05/2015 05:44:00 AM
22 needs 2 more beat cars per sector and two more wagons , wagons are sometimes being used as a beat car , double duty
The blue ribbons are a nice gesture. The End. Stop complaining typical vet, I don't care, blah blah. Well, it's my job , it's your job. Get off your ass and do good and u can't help but to feel good about yourself. Whether it's a police family or not at the end of the day it's nice to feel appreciated.
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