In honour of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, some of our favourite tributes to police from 2015.
According to Cincinnati Enquirer, the move to dissolve the local police department comes three months after two former village clerks were convicted of embezzlement.
Happy Campers - Tubes
Lyrics:
Billy-club and a gun, can of mace and a badge,
Seem to have given you the right to take away what rights I have.
Lack of respect, no compromise, abuse of power, excessive force,
Attacking the ones you serve and protect, the justice system in reverse.
A few kids in the desert hanging out listening to bands.
Call the police, heaven forbid, they use the energy on Steve Wynn’s land.
For us you needed a chopper? For us you had to draw guns?
Meanwhile someone’s raped and murdered, but at least you stopped our fun.
At least you stopped our fun.
Knock down our stuff, cussing at us, waving your big shotgun around.
You tried to silence us by knocking all of our equipment down.
A protest escaped my lips, I’ve always been one to speak my mind.
Stand up for my constitutional right and got a shotgun pressed between my eyes.
Between my eyes, between my eyes, between my eyes.
You threatened my life, insulted me, showed me I have no place in this society.
And you wonder why I have a lack of respect for authority?
Down time
Today was my last day of work for this year. We are off util the 7th of January. Not that I mind having all most a full month off, but I will miss the money that I am not making. I’m not greedy, but I do have bills to pay. I have enough saved up to get me through.
Today at work I had a surprise. A cop wanted to talk to me. About a week ago one of my bitchy co-workers lost her wallet. She was convinced that it was stolen. She took a full day off to get all her cards replaced and to file a police report.
Don’t worry. I never touched it. I am paranoid that no matter how much of a lack of evidence there is, I always get blamed if something goes wrong. There is no evidence against anyone they said. Its just that cops make me nervous. The officer lady asked me all the details of what I did and where I was when it supposedly happened. She brought up that there was a theft in the last department that I worked in. I brought up the fact that only someone with a set of keys could have carried it out and I was not implicated in that crime either. She said that I was not a suspect or that they had anything against me. This is true because I still have my job and I am not under arrest. But when Pam told me that “someone” wanted to “talk to me” in Todd’s office, and that “someone” turned out to be a cop, my heart almost stopped.
My friend Phil will hopefully be transferring out of the department that he is in. This means his position will come open and it will most likely be full-time permanent position. It will essentially the same job I had when I started. But the hours and pay will be more to my liking and when people are mean to me, at least they are up front about it.
