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futile flight. Sure, I’ve devoted plenty of words over the years to the subject of police misdeeds. But contrary to what some of my critics would suggest, I’m not anti-cop. Not at all. I believe that law enforcement is no mere profession – it’s a high calling. Police officers take an oath to uphold the law and to protect and to serve. I don’t think it’s wrong to hold them to a gold standard of excellence. So I tend to get a little, well, Clarkish when some of them don’t measure up. I couldn’t be a good cop, I’ll be the first to admit it. I don’t have the discipline. I don’t have the temperament. I definitely don’t have the courage. Fortunately for society, the vast majority of our police officers do have the right stuff/Doug Clark, SR. More here.
Question: Is police work more than just a job? Is it a high calling?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Phaedrus on December 07 at 1:32 p.m.
Judging from every law enforcement officer I have ever known, yes, it is much more than a job.
Stickman on December 07 at 3:54 p.m.
It is definitely a higher calling. I could have done it when I was 20, but now I will leave it to the younger generation and ones that see things differently than some.
JBelle on December 08 at 6:01 a.m.
Teaching is a high calling. Police work is a high responsibility.