peter nap wrote: The ratio of suicidal cops has always been higher. Cops see so much bad stuff every day and then to have people treating them like the enemy.... it is sad.
It's a jungle out there:banghead: but not relevant
I can say that I have never met a cop that threatened or had taken his own life.
Neither have I but I net one that wanted to arm wrestle once. That's close
You have a better chance of having your neighbor come over to your house that is suicidal over his house foreclosure.
I can only hope!
Are you telling me that citizens that have CC permits do not drink either?
The difference is that it is illegal for them but not so for CA's or LEO's.
What you fail to understand is that members of the criminal justice system are held to a much higher standard.
They are also much better versed about how to evade the system.
The average citizenis NOT going tobe punished at his plumbing job for being drunk out in public while off the clock.
You obviously don't know anything about the insurance and bonding companies that cover tradespeople.
So the plumber has nothing to lose except a having to pay a fine. So he can go out and take his chances and have no fear of losing his job.
And his surety bond for his job that pays more than 13.00 hr and I might add, took a lot longer to learn and certify in than a few weeks at the academy.
No insult to Law Enforcement but Trades people are not drunken animals. While I'm sure law enforcement preforms a service to some people, I wouldn't call one to fix the burst water heater dumping on my new floors.