Mon, Apr 12 2004

We Should All Get Mad When Someone Shoots A Cop

We had a little of the wrong kind of excitement in our community this past weekend. Even our area streets, which are outside the Watsonville city limits (and another freeway exit north of the incident area), were heavily patrolled Saturday and Saturday night, as police tried to pick up signs of where the shooting suspect had gone. As far as I know, he hasn't been found, but I'm delighted to know the injured officer is recovering nicely. This was a bad weekend for cops in California. SFPD Officer Isaac Espinoza was fatally wounded in a shooting this past Saturday night and another officer at the scene was injured.

We owe our law enforcement officers a lot of thanks and respect for all they do. It's one of those jobs that can never be just a job, and though we all run across a power-happy cop now and then, the majority of them are good-hearted people who want to make a real difference in our communities. The California Highway Patrol does a wonderful job here, working to keep the highways safe, and also assisting local police departments when they need extra coverage. And most of the time we hear very little about their everyday efforts. But we need to remember they put their lives on the line each day to help the rest of us have safer lives.

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