The police are our main line of defense against crime and criminal acts. That statement includes all people. Some ask why the police are militarized. There are more than 390 million civilian firearms in the United States. Every time a police officer stops a vehicle for a legal violation, they have no idea if a person in that vehicle will draw a gun and shoot them. They literally are working in a combat zone where the civilian population may have more and better weapons than the average officer.
If an officer doesn’t approach each encounter with a person as a possible threat to their own life, they take the risk of being injured or killed. When a police officer finishes a day of work, it can take them a long time to overcome the adrenaline high they are required to maintain for the hours that they worked that particular day.
Our police are our champions doing an impossible job that many of us are unaware of because, on a daily basis, we go about our lives in safety. God bless our police and forgive the few that make the others look bad.
