Hi From Vancouver

[Wynne]

Hi all *waves*. What a great website. I'm a big supporter of LEOs as my father was a Sargent in the RCMP for 25 yrs. and taught Criminal Justice with a specialty in fingerprinting. Growing up in a LEO household and moving coast to coast gave me an appreciation as to what a hard job you guys and gals have and how family is so important.

[az4code23]

Welcome to officer.com!

[G Capizi]

Welcome, Wynne!

I'm kinda new to this website myself, but I'm an "old timer" in law enforcement. Years ago, I subscribed to the RCMP Quarterly, a real decent
magazine having great stories about Mounties running down the bad guys in
the far reaches of Canada. I hope your dad is still around and enjoying retirement as I am.

[Wynne]

Thanks for the welcomes. There is so much funny cliche about the RCMP, Eddie Nelson and Jeannette McDonald come to mind. Unfortunately, my Dad passed away last summer and I miss him and his cop stories a lot. He joined the force at nineteen, did his twenty-five years, retired, then became a college instructor in Criminal Justice to the new recruits. He always said I had the disposition to be a cop, but I became an artist and funny how a lot of my artwork has to do with identity, his forte was fingerprinting. I still have his Sargent stripes and beaver hat, which I cherish.