Thanks so much for that great summary Lakota, you are a man after my own heart. When I meet someone in law enforcement, I really want to feel comfortable with them trusting that they are honest, with the highest integrity. I don't want to be intimidated by them it is what we all expect as citizens of the United States. At this point in my life, I love my country but I fear my government. As for the FBI, they are actually trained to LIE to people. How can you ever trust any of them? Best wishes.
Patriot, people deserve the truth and should be able to trust LE. they should feel safe and able to come to you. and know they can trust you, I told Deputies I trained as FTO to get out of the car and speak with the people. this way they know you and in tome people will tell you what is going on, and what I did was to protect the information, I had teenagers drinking beer one time in a field, tried to run called their names and told them to come back or I would collect them at their home. They were good kids, getting out and knowing the people allows this to aid you when dealing with people. so they cane back, told me they found the beer there, I said that's amazing, people are wasting their time and money by going to the store and it grows wild out her and even refrigerated . I loaded them in the car with the beer, stopped in the towns Police Dept where I had them call their parents to meet us there. parents came I told them what was going on. and decided to let the parents handle this, good kids why ruin their lives with a arrest, The police Chief called the Fore Chief and they spoke with the parent the kids do 24 hours of community service. to learn a lesson, so they wasted fire trucks and Police cars, the teens were cool with that, i asked the parents and teens to follow me outside, where I opened the beers and poured them out for them to see ad i stated, In Lakota humor, I better not hear stories the Deputy drank our beer, where everyone laughed. good kids good parents, lesson learned, no Courts needed. and the weekend they were doing community service, I brought them burgers and had lunch with them, we are a community, and we should be and act like a community. The Old saying, it take a community to raise a child. they should be safe and cared for. and feel they belong.
Great story Lakota and very true that it takes a community to raise a child. It sounds to me that if you were younger you should be running the FBI. Unfortunately, wisdom and understanding are no longer part of law enforcement at the Federal level. Best wishes.
Thank you Patriot, I agree, they need to teach the old school ways. it is a lot of wearing out shoe leather, but it keeps you in touch with your community. I fear the bigger the organization the less in touch they are with the people. Best wishes to you also.
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