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WHAT IS POLICE WEEK????!!!!!

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WHAT IS POLICE WEEK???? A civilian friend asked me this simple question and like I explained it is a lot of things to different people, but to me it is the following: It is a time of rememberance, reflection, and the celebration of the lives of the many Law Enforcement Officers who gave all in the line of duty, doing what they loved best, protecting and serving the communities that they worked for and whose lives were taken suddenly, sometimes by the act of a coward, sometimes by a motor veichle accident, and sometimes by helping to save the life of a fellow human being, where the outcome was not the outcome that they had intended. It is a time of the year when every LEO has the chance to get together with one another, to renew old friendships and to make new ones. It is a time of year that when remembering the fallen it is okay to shed a tear or two and to know that your fellow officers feel the same way, and can come up to you and put their arm around your shoulder and say, " ...