Let me tell you something about police officers. They know what people are capable of in ways that most thankfully do not. They’ve seen first hand the cigarette burns on a child’s back & the bruised face of an 80yo burglary victim. At times they are to assume the worse of people

They take these burdens on so that the rest of us can go about our lives & think generously about our fellow man. Cops are held to a higher standard - as they should be. But don’t forget they’re just people too; subject to the same mistakes, regret & doubts as you are.

I don’t think any of them ask for any sort of slack or special treatment- far from it. I can tell you tho’ that a little recognition for the conditions in which they have to operate in would go a long way. Often what people imagine or say about them is worse than the reality.

My #SundayThoughts inspired by Tom Selleck. If you know you know.