This post is going to be a little unusual for me as I
usually try to avoid mentioning my work in my blog. I believe that the best way to keep work out
of your personal life and endeavors is to leave work out of your personal life
and endeavors. I’m also a person who
always gets pretty upset when there’s a big news story about a police officer,
firefighter, or 911 dispatcher doing something wrong. It’s not that I think these people are
infallible; I think that as an overall group they do an amazingly good job in
terrible situations. Yet, the thousands
of good things they do every day rarely make the news.
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That being said, I feel like I need to share something that
happened yesterday at work, though I’m not going to share specifics in an
effort to keep work and my blog separate.
I work in a secure building on a secure floor. I’ve always respected the officers who
provide the security. I think they have
a hard job, and they do it well. I can
honestly say I feel safer with them being there. Yesterday there was a person coming to our
office for an appointment. The person
hadn’t exactly threatened us; just made comments about whether or not things
were bullet proof. There were no
outright threats, but it was enough to make me very uncomfortable, so I let the
security officers know about it, largely to give them some warning in case we
had to call.
They did so much more than just make a note that we might be
calling; two officers came to our office to keep watch. They came about fifteen minutes before the
appointment was scheduled, and stayed a little over half an hour past the
appointment time. The person was a
no-show, so obviously nothing happened, but I felt indescribably better for
having them there. I felt safe and
protected.
I know my blog doesn’t have a huge readership, but I just
felt like this was something I had to share since I complain so much whenever I
come across articles or blogs focusing on something police officers have done
wrong. I know they’re not perfect, but
yesterday their presence made my life a lot better.
That's called "going the extra mile". Donuts for the boys today??
ReplyDeleteThey definitely went the extra mile! I bring them baked goodies fairly often, and am planning to bring something on Tuesday, partly as a "thank you" and partly to help ease the pain of coming back from a long weekend.
DeleteGeesh a no show?? All talk and no action (which is a good thing) Kudos to the security officers going the extra distance! That is neat to read about and I am glad you shared it. I truly admire people who are police officers/security officers; they often do put their lives at risk for the safety of others. I also on the other hand have opinions about some of them in the way they profile people and their treatment of such people. Without going into too many specifics, son got profiled a lot in his younger days, they never could find anything on him or in his car but they sure "enjoyed" pulling him over for every and anything. To me it bordered a bit on harrassment.
ReplyDeleteBut again, WTG to the crew at your office site!
betty
Yeah, I hate they wasted their time on a no-show, but it was nice not to have to deal with that.
DeleteUnfortunately there are officers like what your son had to deal with. It's sad when the focus is on the few bad ones, but that seems to be what most people choose to focus on, which is why I wanted to share how awesome the ones in my building are.
Thanks for sharing this. People really do need to know about what police officers do right--and there's a lot. :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you on that.
Deleteso glad they were there--they do so much!
ReplyDeleteSo was I! They really do a lot, and I just wanted them to be recognized some for it.
Deleteoh, they do right. granted they're not always recognized for it but it does happen.
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