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.
