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2007/10/04

When I was a Street Cop

Category: Being Heathen :

Author: Ludwig (1:59 am)

A close friend of mine asked me the following question, and answering the question brought up some memories for me.

Why is it that multiple police officers are attracted to this religion or way of life as well?

I think police officers are attracted to Heathenry due to some of the same reasons as people in prison. Being a police officer involves having a warrior mentality at times. There are people who would like to kill you...people who try to kill you...and you must fight them. I have had assignments where I work where I was in about 3 to 8 fights each work week. Often one fight or physical struggle a night.

Police officers wear bullet-proof vests, carry guns, and we get shot, hit by cars, and get in deadly car wrecks. There is a wall at every police station with photos of the fallen heroes. Men that have given their lives...and cut short their time on earth with their wife and children...to serve their community. Not every police officer is a warrior, or has a warrior mentality. But when you are young, and working an inner-city station...you tend to think that way.

When I was working the inner-city, back before I was promoted, I would load up my patrol car with gear...and then stop for a moment in the parking lot. I would take a deep breath. I would think of my life, my loved ones, the place where I lived, my parents...and I would say goodbye to them. I would say to myself, I may not see any of those people or those things again...but I will sell my life dearly. And I would think about protecting the good people living in our patrol area. Especially children. Those people needed protecting, and if I died protecting them and arresting bad guys...then I was O.K. with that. This whole thought process would make me completely calm, and then I would pull out of the parking lot and begin work without fear.

I used to look at the wall of fallen police officers down at the academy, and I would read the small narratives under each picture. There would be included there a special note about whether the dead officer had been able to return fire on his assailants or not. Also a special note about whether he had killed or injured any of his assailants or not.

And I would hope that if my photo was on that wall someday, it would say that I had killed or injured those that had taken my life. You didn't want to die with your gun in your holster or without fighting back with everything you had. I know I was not unique in thinking that way, for we would all talk about it.

Its important to understand, police officers are taught to think differently than regular people. And their job continues to shape their thinking to be different than regular people. In many ways, that way of thinking is much more geared towards Heathenry than towards the "forgiveness" and "love thy neighbor" of Christianity. That's just my opinion...but the New Testament is really not focused on getting in brawls, "selling your life dearly," and making sure you kill the people who intend to kill you.

Ludwig

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