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Police Officer Aaron Hess is a hero and saved lives the night that Criminal Danroy Henry attempted to run over Police Officers and may have killed civilians in the process. Its very simple:
1) PO Hess = good guy.
2) Criminal Henry = bad guy.
Any questions?

Army Specialist David R. Fahey, Jr. was killed on February 28, 2011 at the age of 23 while serving in Afghanistan. Fahey was assigned to the 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
One Monday, March 7, 2011, his body was brought by motorcade to his hometown of Yorktown, NY. The Pleasantville FD, Hawthrone FD, Valhalla FD, and Thornwood FD, payed tribute to the fallen hero by using TFD TL1 and PFD TL5 to hoist a flag over the Taconic State Parkway.

RIP!














http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9YZK9nUjXw

Ive read this post many times and I still fail to see the reason for posting it but it most certainly requires a response.
From what I know of you, you have no background in Law Enforcement so your ideas of how cops should feel about being cops and what they should do on duty may be how it is in a perfect world but in reality thats not how it works. This would be like me who knows nothing of fire fighting making critical observations about the fire service and putting all over the post " No offense guys" and " this is not a knock to firefighters".
As far as I've seen, you're the only member on here from texas so you are the only one who could answer your own question of " why are police officers down here so different ?"
I've been a cop for 12 years and I go balls to the wall every day I go into work as do most cops I know. Would it be nice to follow up with every crime victim we deal with ? Yes but we don't have the time or the manpower to do that stuff. How do you know that cops up here don't know their post as well as cops in Texas ?
Cops are in a unique situation to be cross trained in rescue, where as FD's can't be trained in law enforcement specific things... thats just the way it is.
You ask why is there competition ? There always has and always will be competiton in the emergency services and it's healthy to a degree.
You ask why are there not more hudson river patrols ? There are in the summer but not so much in the winter but what does one thing have to do with the other ?
The bottom line is that expanding the scope of your working capabilities means more job security and possibly more state and federal funding.
The biggest difference between cops up here and cops in texas is that maybe cops in texas enjoy a lot more community support than cops in the north east get.

Great turnout by PD, FD and EMS for the funeral of Poughkeepsie Police Det. John Falcone in Carmel.

Date:2/4/11
Time:2345
Location:921 Bridge Street
Frequency:460.6000
Units Operating:SFD E1, E2, E4, R1, T1, T2, C22, Scotia FD E-201, MAS
Weather Conditions:Cold and Clear
Description Of Incident:Working fire in 3-3 1/2 story residential structure
Reporters/Writer: nwpfdjr27
0001- Car 22 reporting all visible fire knocked down, crews checking for extension
0021- 22 reporting incident now placed under control
0026- Scotia 201 released from the scene by Car 22
MAS transporting 6 individuals to Ellis Hospital per Car 22 to avoid the elements, no reported injuries