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National Police Week in Washington DC
May 15, 2017, 03:38 PM
CliffNational Police Week in Washington DC
If any SF members are in town for the festivities, gimmie a shout out if possible. Good time to meet & shake your hand.
http://www.policeweek.org/index.html
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
--Sir Winston Churchill
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."
--James Earl Jones
May 15, 2017, 04:17 PM
Bulldog7972I wish you had mentioned this earlier. I'm at Reagan waiting for my flight home. Maybe next year.
May 15, 2017, 04:44 PM
CliffYeah, I had forgotten all about it till a buddy from MPD mentioned it to me over the weekend.
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
--Sir Winston Churchill
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."
--James Earl Jones
May 17, 2017, 08:03 PM
P210I was there Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wish I had known.
May 17, 2017, 11:35 PM
92fstechI didn't make it this year, but I'd love to do it again sometime, and take my family. A buddy and I took a trip to DC back in college, and ended up accidentally getting there during National Police Week. It was pretty awesome to get to watch the ceremonies and see all the squad cars from all over the country...there were crowds of cops and their families everywhere we went. We missed seeing George W Bush speak by one day.
My buddy was a CJ major at the time, and I was in IT...A career in LE wasn't even on my radar. We now both work for the same department.
May 18, 2017, 03:11 AM
charlie12I new some people from here in Baton Rouge that were there for our guys that got killed
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And no, junior not being able to hold still for 5 seconds is not a disability.
May 18, 2017, 07:14 AM
Bulldog7972The speech that PRESIDENT Trump gave was the best one I've ever heard in all the times I've attended. Heartfelt and compassionate. I recommend that every copper in America attend this event at least once in their lifetimes. The only down side is when you see the surviving family members get off the busses and enter the Capitol grounds, especially when they are small children.Very,very sad. People come from all over the world to attend this event. I saw policemen from Germany, England,France and a few other places. It is a good time while at the same time a very sad one. I'm not an emotional person but that survivors Walk of Honor really gets to me. Thank God for Maui Jim.
May 18, 2017, 08:54 AM
P210I liked Ashcroft's speech Saturday evening too.
May 18, 2017, 11:02 AM
Bulldog7972Him and General Kelly both gave good speeches. So did AG Sessions. It's a new day for those of us that believe in law and order and the American way.
May 18, 2017, 11:04 AM
Bulldog7972You flew in from Maui? How long was that flight? My 1.5 hour flight was not very pleasant.
May 18, 2017, 11:57 AM
P210I flew in for the birth of my second grandson and that made it possible to make it back this year. A good group from my old job attend every year so it represented a chance to join living friends in honoring fallen ones.