It’s never a happy occasion when cops show up. Nobody calls the police and says “Send a unit over now. You’re never gonna believe the lasagna Tina made!”I’m a patrol chaplain for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston, Texas—it’s the third-biggest in the country, and the biggest in Texas. I try to keep the guys with guns and badges grounded and in the right mindset. That’s not always easy—they don’t get paid well, they work hours that make social and family life impossible, and the overall stress of their work contributes to relationship failure, drinking problems, PTSD, and suicide.When a cop makes a mistake, they might die. There’s no on-the-job risk greater than that. You can and reasonably might be killed by a careless motorist, a hardened felon, a drug-addict, or a middle-aged woman in a minivan.You might only get your leg shattered, or get stabbed, or have your shoulder dislocated while trying to arrest a violent drunk. And you might end up killing a person and have to live with that. Knowing this, the average cop has one thing on his or her mind above all else: get home safely after your shift.Patrol work is like intracoastal sailing:… Read full this story
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