coltcarrier
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I was talking with a coworker about the issues surrounding the Tony's incident. He has heard some of the arguements from both sides because he's involved in the local community and knows several officers (not any involved). He made the suguestion of opening friendly talks by seeing if some of the local officers and some of the local packing people would sit and just have light conversation over lunch.
This should not be used to barage an officer with questions, but rather further mutual understanding of views on both sides. It would also go far for public acceptance and desensitization of the masses to see armed citizens sitting and chatting with oficers in a friendly manner.
I think this is a great idea, I'm just not sure how to go about organizing something like this. I only know a couple of officers on an associate level (most being PWC). I would hope that the officers would be open to something like this, but don't know at what level to actually start proposing this.
I work in the Manassas area and would be open to being involved with something like this. If we get anything started, the groups should be small so we can get to know each other and have short discussions that would allow the officers to enjoy their meal and to still get back to work on time. These types of groups could grow into various meetings throughout the metro area and help further our acceptance.
The primary goals should be to keep the meetings social and enjoyable. When I was at college, I knew most of the campus officers and even had guns and grill days with some of them... I would hope we might be able to strike some of the same types of relationships with our local officers.
Am I just overly hopeful or could we get something like this off the ground?
I was talking with a coworker about the issues surrounding the Tony's incident. He has heard some of the arguements from both sides because he's involved in the local community and knows several officers (not any involved). He made the suguestion of opening friendly talks by seeing if some of the local officers and some of the local packing people would sit and just have light conversation over lunch.
This should not be used to barage an officer with questions, but rather further mutual understanding of views on both sides. It would also go far for public acceptance and desensitization of the masses to see armed citizens sitting and chatting with oficers in a friendly manner.
I think this is a great idea, I'm just not sure how to go about organizing something like this. I only know a couple of officers on an associate level (most being PWC). I would hope that the officers would be open to something like this, but don't know at what level to actually start proposing this.
I work in the Manassas area and would be open to being involved with something like this. If we get anything started, the groups should be small so we can get to know each other and have short discussions that would allow the officers to enjoy their meal and to still get back to work on time. These types of groups could grow into various meetings throughout the metro area and help further our acceptance.
The primary goals should be to keep the meetings social and enjoyable. When I was at college, I knew most of the campus officers and even had guns and grill days with some of them... I would hope we might be able to strike some of the same types of relationships with our local officers.
Am I just overly hopeful or could we get something like this off the ground?