This afternoon I had the privilege of attending a retirement ceremony for the dad of one of my best friends. Today ended a 36 ½ year career in Law Enforcement….all with the same department. It was truly amazing to be there to celebrate a very long career. I just thought I would share a few of the interesting tidbits, as some of them illustrate how much the LE profession has changed. Though in my non-sworn reserve position I don't do very much of any real "police work", he is definitely the type of officer I look up to and aspire to be like.
He started at the age of just 16 as a “Student Workerâ€, was promoted to a Community Service Officer upon graduating from high school and was then sworn in as a “Public Safety Officer†at the age of 20. Initially, the “Department of Public Safety†handled both police and fire services and the PSOs fought both crime and fire. There was very little training on the fire side of things. He recounted that the job of the CSOs was to drive the fire engines to the fire calls where, if they were lucky, they would run into a PSO who had the turnout gear. If not, they just did the best they could and “put the wet stuff on the hot stuffâ€, as he put it.
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He started at the age of just 16 as a “Student Workerâ€, was promoted to a Community Service Officer upon graduating from high school and was then sworn in as a “Public Safety Officer†at the age of 20. Initially, the “Department of Public Safety†handled both police and fire services and the PSOs fought both crime and fire. There was very little training on the fire side of things. He recounted that the job of the CSOs was to drive the fire engines to the fire calls where, if they were lucky, they would run into a PSO who had the turnout gear. If not, they just did the best they could and “put the wet stuff on the hot stuffâ€, as he put it.
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