Show 1 1 11 jj jj jj 11 1 If f Seems To Me Meny Hy ny Joseph II ft Roberts 1111 11 1 1 1 1 11 11 11 1 Good cops need needa a good press COPYRIGHT Contemporary Features H 5 IncI Inc Tho hose I e whose hose opinions are arc ml 11 l by y I the he pleat great national media i which includes most of or ofus ofu u us II I cannot Iannot have a u very high opinion of law enforcement nit 01 I rs How Itow could they What we Wl see night after night nighton on nn television are arc tough lough cops shooting it out with criminals skipping laping Ia ng punks around di drinking inking on duty violating Niles Nile's rights lights and b generally having no letter better than the criminals they are Ire hired to protect us horn Irom hat What we wc receive in the news are ne reports leports of graft corruption stupidity burglary homicide ire lapping iro-lapping lapping l h by y police or government agents We learn about investigations by Congressional committees and gr giand juries Junes and we are left with ith the impression the whole system is corrupt Its It's just too loo bad that good cops dont don't make good copy nor exciting drama druma There are certainly more of or them out there serving the public than hud bud ones Lots more And if they had a iI better press they might get the respect and support of or orthe the public they deserve We Ve owe a great deal to the themen themen themen men and und women women who serve as law law- enforcement el officers in our ml tuition ration on Most 1 of or the time we are unaware of what they do for us us or if we wc are arc aware we take it for gi granted anted what they are paid iI to 10 do lo we say Maybe they are aie paid but not very much and good cops always do more than luau they are arc required to do It Itis Itis Itis is their nature to serve Whether they are serving in inthe inthe inthe the smallest hamlet or or the city diy wf ther they are re are meter maids sheriffs highway or FBI Fill agents the they protect our OUI lives our rights and our oUI property They are everywhere ever where here night and day good weather and bad tad helping people who cannot help themselves bringing order out ol Of disorder enforcing our laws and apprehending those who violate them They are all ll that stand between us and chaos Most Jost patrolmen and beat cops work Irk long hard hours for lor small poly IMS and less appreciation Is it illI wonder that being human they Kiev sometimes make mistakes mistakes' They The Thema may ma mahe he be tired lightened brightened or or worried about or matters They a iI situation in which the they have a u split second to tomake tomake make a decision If they the make till the rich nth decision their reward moat be hI a pat on the hack back from the 1111 tho department If they make maket makeI t I hI hew tong decision they may be bei i Ill Ij i d b h by the press in investigated in- in brought nought up on charges s dismissed disgraced t 1 en Ill IllInt 1 sent Int to Kill jail Their lives are Ire tw unions rilous t o e Street street street- 1 Ib 3 hil hau hilmore more Inure o to fear Ila than I do In not nol mean nwan there are arc no iad urns parading around as ops III there are aie some There here itc re 1 ten even 11 some MinH had bad gu guys s 's l p around us liS as hIJ s hankers law 11 lawyers hers cm g i ess men 01 or 1 11 is no Will way to t file Ord ht hil haunt ill int a oj i lew be had bad guys gus in ill inin in n II where so 0 many main lie are needed 1 I would not protect the jl nl l ones for lor one olle minute I hate dad bind cops cap iu just t as ilS I 1 hate bad nudges and und kid had law makers I J think those we WI trust to 11 our inn wa way of live and us 11 Irom wrongdoers should be Ie punished sw swiftly and 1 when they have been heen proven PIo guilty of ol abusing ing their nl I ice their I robe lobe or 01 their adge Lots Lot's be hI sure sine the they are arc however I and not lIot hound them client into resignation simply N because they have bee i used l' l l. l t r Hut But when we consider the number of people engaged in inlaw tau law enforcement l' in the United states Stalls there are astonishingly low Iw of 01 them that get into tumble civil or criminal For Kor Forthe Korthe 01 the 1111 most t pm part pait t the he they are aie brave honest I. I courteous skillful Menders dd ol nl t the he law lacy I think the Ih they would could like to 10 know knowl we ue are arc mi nt their side idl lor the they ai 11 are e trying V u II iv ry lIard Gard laid to lo bo hI on ours |