For me it does. All fellow officers are brothers, be they police, sheriffs, marshals, corrections, etc. The death of one is felt by all.

It's a real shame then that we require such qualifications.

We are all human.

By the same token, we are all human.

So it should come as no suprise that we grieve more for someone who devotes his life to keeping order versus someone who devotes his life to bending and breaking it.

Indeed. The classification is deserved - - think of how many people rune away from fire, where we run towards it. Some one robs a bank and people cower in fear, we charge in. Someone gets mugged and bystanders turn away - we stare right at it - - and stop it.

We devote our lives to the pursuit of order and the enforcement of the law, in many cases - including my own - to the detriment of all things personal.

We are all human, yes. But some have abandoned their humanity, defiling the law and their fellow man. We stand up to them and defend humanity, but get quite dirty in the process. We are loathed, berated, cat called, and hated. But we perservere.

We are perhaps not human, after all.

We are law enforcement officers

The hunt is over BTW. A SWAT Team found the man hiding under a fallen tree where he had dug himself a small trench. When he was asked to show his hands, he only showed one of them, so the SWAT team opened fire. Out of 120 rounds fired, 68 hits were made on the suspect, according to the autopsy report. The popular story is, is that the suspect wouldn't show his other hand because he had a gun in it, although rumors state that one of the SWAT team members threw him a gun and ordered him to pick it up just before they fired.

But whatever. He was a dead man walking from the moment he shot the officers.

I should say something hearteneing but I am glad he is dead.

Park Kraken

The hunt is over BTW. A SWAT Team found the man hiding under a fallen tree where he had dug himself a small trench. When he was asked to show his hands, he only showed one of them, so the SWAT team opened fire. Out of 120 rounds fired, 68 hits were made on the suspect, according to the autopsy report. The popular story is, is that the suspect wouldn't show his other hand because he had a gun in it, although rumors state that one of the SWAT team members threw him a gun and ordered him to pick it up just before they fired.

... And justice for all !

But whatever. He was a dead man walking from the moment he shot the officers.

Larf Larf Larf. Lucky for the Cops huh, 'cos like... Vengence is totally deserved.

And the life of a cop is worth infinitely more than that of any other person. A hundred and twenty bullets' worth, in fact. =]

Taja, I wish I were half as adorable as you. I really, really do.