There seems to be some very different schools of thought on
where police officers actually come from.
As it turns out, they come from just about everywhere.
Society would like to tell us that they were the kids
bullied in school. The short, cocky guys
with no friends that had a universal grudge match to settle. Or the bullies that need to be in control of
everything to feel important. Or people
that are just plain a-holes. I’m certain
that there are actually a full set of these people wearing badges and carrying
guns. But they are definitely the
exception, not the rule.
I can tell you that from what I see from the inside of a
police home – they are much different than what society would like everyone to
believe. They are the fixers, the
helpers, the ones that raise their hand first in a crisis. And suit up when everyone else is still
looking around the room for someone to step up.
I’ve heard many police wives say that their husbands were
“called” to serve. Much like our
military. It’s in them and they go. It takes a very specific kind of person with
a gentle soul to be able to navigate what gets thrown at them in a single day.
Police officers are all very different from each other, as
well. There are the big, angry looking
officers that bark instead of speak.
There are the average-sized, pleasant faced officers that you wonder if
they’re actually officers. And
everything in between. As it turns out,
police officers are just regular people and they come in an infinite variety of
personalities. But one thing they all
have in common – they run in when everyone else is running out.
Police officers don’t all come from two-parent households
with formal college educations and letterman’s jackets. Some do.
They don’t all come from the ghettos of the city where they were raised
by single mothers and avoided getting in trouble. Some do.
They aren’t all brothers or sisters or aunts or uncles or parents. Some are.
They aren’t all military veterans or kids of military veterans. Some are.
They aren’t all kids of first responders. Some definitely are.
