Above and Beyond

[Dredimus]

I figured with all the cop bashing thats going on lately, maybe everyone needs to be reminded that the entire force is not represented by the 1% of officers the media keeps bringing forward. It seems as though most people have an expectation for officers to be incapable of mistakes or human reaction... sadly, this is not the case. We are human.

Sumter, SC Police Officer goes above and beyond.

A hero police officer in upstate New York is credited with a toddler's dramatic rescue, thanks to his rapid response.

Off Duty Police Officer Saves Elderly Man From Fire

Two officers hospitalized after rescueing baby and elderly man from burning building

Officer saves man from a 90ft plunge

Officer faces off with Nidal Hassan during rampage

Thats just a few to get the thread started. I just want to show that though there are bad apples, as with every profession.... we arent all that way (which is not to say that all of these officers as of late are at fault for the situations at hand... Mike Brown shouldnt have charged at an officer with intent)... 1% of nearly 800k isnt to horrible...

Every 58 hours an officer dies in the line of duty. I fear that number will now increase.

Edited December 23, 2014 by Dredimus

[Dredimus]

http://youtu.be/o19E7peIsHE

[Dredimus]

A Warmer Shade Of Blue - True Stories of the Good Things Cops Do

[Raptor Witness]

Bravo .... Well said

There are plenty who still know what the term "peace officer" means.

[seeder]

Heres another. The post office sorting halls have a special box for letters to Santa. When they can they open a few and read them. One chap was surprised to get a letter from an elderly woman, who should know by now that Santa doesn't exist

The letter explained that the 90 year old woman was recently widowed and in very bad health. Funeral costs had taken the last of her savings, and she couldn't buy food, or pay for gas and electricity in the cold winter months, as she was in debt with the utility companies - amongst others. She had no children to be with and was totally alone. She said again she knew that Santa isnt real, but in desperation wrote the letter... "just in case", such was her desperation. The last part of the letter said "Please Santa, please, if youre real, I just need £1000 to clear the debts, and to be able to keep warm through the dark winter months, and have food and electricity for light

Well the lads at the post office took pity, and held a whip round, the sorting office was huge and had about 600 staff at any one time. In a few hours they had raised £900. It wasnt the £1000 that was needed, but they figured it would be a huge help.

So they wrote a nice letter FROM Santa, and explained that Santa was real if you really believed in him, and went on to say her xmas wish would be granted... along with the £900, and they posted that letter to her.

Xmas comes and goes, and in the New Year, the same postman saw another letter to Santa, thinking it was odd to be writing to santa after xmas, he opened the letter up, and it was from the dear old lady... the first few lines of her letter were filled with sincere gratitude and thanks, so much so the postman got tears in his eyes. But at the bottom of the letter was a ps:... and it read like this

PS: I nearly forgot Dear Santa... and you should know how grateful I really am, but I asked for £1000, and when you replied I only got £900... but then again, you know what them thieving bloody postmen are like...

[seeder]

One special Christmas delivery: Cop who caught starving mother stealing eggs gives her two truckloads of food to feed her family

Officer William Stacy and his colleagues delivered the food on Wednesday

Helen Johnson, 47, was caught stealing five eggs on Saturday by Stacy

Declined to arrest her and instead bought her the eggs and gave her a hug

Made the desperate mom promise not to shop lift again in the future

The story was captured on video by passerby and went viral online

Johnson lives with her two daughters, niece and two grandchildren in the same apartment

But it got even better on Wednesday when Officer Stacy and some colleagues arrived at 47-year-old Johnson's home with two truckloads of food to keep her and her children and grandchildren fed through Christmas.

http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz3MjwSCDkP

.

Edited December 23, 2014 by seeder

[Dredimus]

Keep them comin folks!

[danielost]

Heres another. The post office sorting halls have a special box for letters to Santa. When they can they open a few and read them. One chap was surprised to get a letter from an elderly woman, who should know by now that Santa doesn't exist

The letter explained that the 90 year old woman was recently widowed and in very bad health. Funeral costs had taken the last of her savings, and she couldn't buy food, or pay for gas and electricity in the cold winter months, as she was in debt with the utility companies - amongst others. She had no children to be with and was totally alone. She said again she knew that Santa isnt real, but in desperation wrote the letter... "just in case", such was her desperation. The last part of the letter said "Please Santa, please, if youre real, I just need £1000 to clear the debts, and to be able to keep warm through the dark winter months, and have food and electricity for light

Well the lads at the post office took pity, and held a whip round, the sorting office was huge and had about 600 staff at any one time. In a few hours they had raised £900. It wasnt the £1000 that was needed, but they figured it would be a huge help.

So they wrote a nice letter FROM Santa, and explained that Santa was real if you really believed in him, and went on to say her xmas wish would be granted... along with the £900, and they posted that letter to her.

Xmas comes and goes, and in the New Year, the same postman saw another letter to Santa, thinking it was odd to be writing to santa after xmas, he opened the letter up, and it was from the dear old lady... the first few lines of her letter were filled with sincere gratitude and thanks, so much so the postman got tears in his eyes. But at the bottom of the letter was a ps:... and it read like this

PS: I nearly forgot Dear Santa... and you should know how grateful I really am, but I asked for £1000, and when you replied I only got £900... but then again, you know what them thieving bloody postmen are like...

i would say that santa is indeed real. he got that letter to the right people who could fill it. or maybe it was god who did.

Edited December 23, 2014 by danielost

[Dredimus]

Images that boost our morale...

Officers Caught Doin It Right

[seeder]

i would say that santa is indeed real. he got that letter to the right people who could fill it. or maybe it was god who did.

It was also a joke

[Ashotep]

There are good cops and bad one, its the bad ones that make the news usually. Nice to hear about good things they do.

[seeder]

So this cop pulls over a young girl (who also has a life threatening disease)... AND GIVES HER 2 TICKETS. Do watch

The full story

http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/25/teen-with-rare-disease-gets-christmas-surprise-in-police-traffic-stop-4999175/

[+and-then]

Just wanted to add my personal story here. On Memorial day my dog Ransom died suddenly and when I had finished digging his grave and covering him I needed to get away for a bit so I drove to a local shop and got myself a cold coke and was on my way back when I saw blue lights in the rearview. The little town I live near is infamous as a place where one does NOT want to speed. Not a trap really, just very strict. The young officer that pulled me down asked how how I was and I told her bluntly that I just buried my dog. She was professional and I was upset and behaved less than well I'm afraid. Long story short, she let me off and even showed compassion for what might have been a total line of BS as far as she knew. Yesterday I took 2 bags of pastries and a couple pounds of Starbucks coffee for the local police. I told them why I was making the gift... that I appreciated them for what they do - and sometimes for what they refrain from doing...

[Yamato]

My relationship with cops is love-hate. I LOVE good cops and HATE bad cops. I think they're underpaid and perhaps underappreciated for the work they do.

I don't think that 99% of cops are good though. Being a cop doesn't confer any moral superiority over the average of the general population. They're good and bad at ~ the same rate as the community here at UM. Not to be overly vague "bad" would mean using power to do evil things. My ex-g/f was propositioned by two male cops to perform a certain act on them so they could drop the charges (DUI)....her b/f at the time went to the police station and got arrested there.

There's all kinds of people out there and some of 'em are on the police force. No interest in some flag-waving police state

[Ozfactor]

Thank you for this post and all the positive comments .

[Thanato]

My experience with Police have been mainly positive.

One cop pulled me over when I was doing about 80 in a 50. This was through a town at around 1am or so. I was tired and didn't notice, ha long day.

He pulls me over comes up to the window and asks 'do you know how fast you where going?' I told him that I didnt, his reply was priceless 'well it was probably pretty fast,

Slow down please.'

It woke me up that's for sure. One of my goals is to become a Police officer after my current employment is over. I have only met one bad cop in my life, but I guess that is mainly my rural living.

Edited December 26, 2014 by Thanato

[Princess Serenity]

I always tell the cops that come into the store (even the armor vehicle people) to have a safe day.

I'm sad that these kind of nice deeds get buried because of a few bad apples.

[Crabby Kitten]

The police can't win. They're doing their jobs and would've done this to anyone whether black or white. Thinking of those police who were killed last week both in USA and across the pond. The police are more vulnerable than the public thinks really.

[danielost]

i always was the officers a boring day.

[Dredimus]

Covington police give drivers $100 bills instead of traffic citations thanks to 'Secret Santa'

Theres also Funny Cop Stories!

Edited January 2, 2015 by Dredimus

[Myles]

My daughters boyfriend (a 17 year old Junior), was pulled over for speeding a couple weeks ago. The cop asked him which school he went to and what classes he was in. Turns out the cops wife was a teacher of his. He told him that if he wrote a 1000 word essay on the dangers of speeding and turned it in on Monday, he would not issue a ticket. The boy wrote the essay.

Pretty cool.

[Princess Serenity]

My daughters boyfriend (a 17 year old Junior), was pulled over for speeding a couple weeks ago. The cop asked him which school he went to and what classes he was in. Turns out the cops wife was a teacher of his. He told him that if he wrote a 1000 word essay on the dangers of speeding and turned it in on Monday, he would not issue a ticket. The boy wrote the essay.

Pretty cool.

[Points and laughs at the boyfriend.] I hope he learned his lesson on speeding.

[Dredimus]

33 "Above and Beyond" examples.

[Myles]

[Points and laughs at the boyfriend.] I hope he learned his lesson on speeding.

I'm sure he learned more than a ticket would have taught him.

[aztek]

I'm sure he learned more than a ticket would have taught him.

i doubt it. he learned that you can get away if you know someone, (he would get a ticket if his teacher was not the cops wife, or if he was pulled over by a different cop). i do not think it will slow him down. untill he actually pays for it, he wont learn. the cop may have had good intention, and did not want to get kid in trouble, but we all know what road to hell is paved with.

Edited January 7, 2015 by aztek