Here’s
a bit of hopeful news: Dallas residents are heeding Dallas Police Chief
David Brown’s impassioned plea after the July 7 mass shooting. The
assassination of five officers and …
Dallas is answering Chief Brown’s call to duty
Here’s a bit of hopeful news: Dallas residents are heeding
Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s impassioned plea after the July 7 mass
shooting.
The assassination of five officers and wounding of nine more prompted Brown to urge: “Don’t be a part of the problem . . . We’re hiring. Get off that protest line and put an application in, and we’ll put you in your neighborhood, and we will help you resolve some of the problems you’re protesting about.”
In the 12 days after the horror, 467 people applied to become Dallas cops — 3½ times the number who put in applications in the same period the month before.
It’s too early to know just who has answered the call — how many sympathizers to the Black Lives Matter movement? — but it’s at least a sign people are willing to answer a call to duty, to try to help make a better world.
“I’ve been black a long time,” Brown also said. “It’s my normal to live in a society with a long history of racial strife. It’s a much better place than when I was a young man.
“But there’s more work to do, particularly in my profession. I love serving. Out of all the crap we have to take as police officers, the satisfaction you get from serving is . . . gratifying.”
Here’s to the future of the Dallas Police Department and its inspiring leader.
The assassination of five officers and wounding of nine more prompted Brown to urge: “Don’t be a part of the problem . . . We’re hiring. Get off that protest line and put an application in, and we’ll put you in your neighborhood, and we will help you resolve some of the problems you’re protesting about.”
In the 12 days after the horror, 467 people applied to become Dallas cops — 3½ times the number who put in applications in the same period the month before.
It’s too early to know just who has answered the call — how many sympathizers to the Black Lives Matter movement? — but it’s at least a sign people are willing to answer a call to duty, to try to help make a better world.
“I’ve been black a long time,” Brown also said. “It’s my normal to live in a society with a long history of racial strife. It’s a much better place than when I was a young man.
“But there’s more work to do, particularly in my profession. I love serving. Out of all the crap we have to take as police officers, the satisfaction you get from serving is . . . gratifying.”
Here’s to the future of the Dallas Police Department and its inspiring leader.
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