Quote Originally Posted by Lowell View Post
Ray I just love your descriptions. You should have been a writer. Maybe you still will be. But don't you think that describes maybe 95% of police work even now? Sort of like a description of war I once heard, 95% sheer boredom and 5% sheer terror


I am curious as to your take on what the mindset must have been like in 1971 when 9 DPD officers were killed by gun fire. It must have driven your family nuts.
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I've heard that 95/5 job description as applied to airline pilots, but, yeah, law enforcement, too.
My memories of 1971 are mainly of the funerals that followed the shootings, as I was involved in most of them [[at that time I was a Sgt. at the Motorcycle Traffic Bureau, so we escorted all the processions). Actually, I have a hard time recalling the tragedies that happened during my 29 years, but I remember the funny things that happened vividly. I would suppose that's healthy. Even during the '67 riot, a few humorous things occurred that I still recall. For instance, our MTB squad was in a V formation on 12th street, when we heard the rumbling of some National Guard armored personnel carriers. One sergeant looked through the smoke and asked, "Are those our tanks?" Lead man with the shotgun replies, "If they ain't, I'm leaving."

Hey, it was hilarious at the time. And thanks for the kind words!