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06-03-2013, 22:19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
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The Brotherhood is Very Much a Real Thing
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...162733198.html
Chokes me up a little bit. The loyalty and dedication to one another is one of the things that has always drawn me to want to be a police officer. This article only reinforces that.
I'll take this opportunity, as well, to say thanks for everything you guys and gals do on a daily basis, and thanks for serving as a great role model to an aspiring LEO. You have no idea how much your insight has helped me, whether or not you knew you were providing it.
RIP Officer Ellis. 
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Originally Posted by Sharky7
Fast forward 6 months for the DUI trial. Prosecutor is reviewing the booking room video and asks me why I am moon-walking while the drunk offender is hopping around in slow motion in a big white suit.
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06-04-2013, 01:51
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NJ
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Damn allergies....... 
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"A man's got to know his limitations."-Harry Callahan
"Nearly all men can stand adversity. But if you want to test a man's character - give him power"-Abraham Lincoln
“...Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing”
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06-05-2013, 06:23
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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It can be a rough job, that can come to a crashing halt at any second. Stuff like that is a pretty grim reminder. That said, the bond you have with the guys going out and putting their necks on the same chopping block you are is something that's pretty much impossible to describe without living it.
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06-05-2013, 12:44
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: People's Republic of Kanuckistan
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Originally Posted by Ajon412
Damn allergies....... |
I agree....
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If you don't have time to do it right do you have time to do it again?
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06-05-2013, 13:58
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Fenced In
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: KY
Posts: 16,267
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Officer Ellis and the Bardstown PD is local to me, and I watched his funeral on the local TV (had to work and couldn't make it down there myself, unfortunately). I didn't know him, but a friend of mine was pretty good friends with him. The entire funeral, but that part especially, chokes me up.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison
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Originally Posted by series1811
The first round is a moral decision. All of the following rounds are tactical decisions.
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06-05-2013, 17:34
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Street Person
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: On the corner of Gang and Ghetto
Posts: 12,320
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Man up failure.
I admit I cried, as my German Shepherd Dog came over and sat next to me.
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Imported from the future in 1984. Returned to the past in 2007
Dear God, this is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. It's got to rank right up there with CALEA. -Pepper45
Last edited by blueiron; 06-05-2013 at 17:34..
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06-05-2013, 19:39
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Florist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Land of Flora, Fauna & Merryweather
Posts: 9,496
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Officer Ellis's young family loses a husband and a father simply because he stopped (while off duty) to remove debris from a highway so that other drivers can safely travel that road.
If on that night he simply said "freak it, I'm off duty. Let someone else take care of it" and kept driving, he'd be alive today. His sense of duty is what got him killed.
And which is why the words "Duty" "Honor" and "Sacrifice" are often used together for military and first responders.
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There are at least two sides to every story. I just heard yours and, indeed, you appear to be the victim. But I can't stop wondering what the other side has to say. :dunno:
In a gun fight, even doing everything right can still get you killed.
Last edited by Patchman; 06-06-2013 at 16:31..
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