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Protect and Serve?

By Forrest Joyner
Deputy Sheriff, Missouri

Fostered by the TV image of the LAPD cars with ‘To Protect and Serve’ stenciled on the fenders, and the general mis-conception that that’s what we do, the general public needs to wake up.

Certainly we do Serve, but Protect? Not really. I work as a Deputy Sheriff in rural mid-America. In an 800 square mile county, but with a population of only 20,000, we are very much a reactive force. With hardly ever more than 3 cars working the roads, response time can easily be 20 minutes or more, if everything goes well. In a slightly different sense, it’s still the same in big city America. Law enforcement officers can’t be everywhere. 9 out of 10 times, we are the clean up squad. Whatever is going to happen will have already happened and we are there to take the report, not to ambush the bad guy as he sneaks out the back door.

Yet, many, if not most Americans seem to think that cops are their protectors. The reality is that they are very much responsible for their own protection. And that’s how it should be. I’m not my brother’s keeper, nor my brother’s protector. We all have to take responsibility for our own safety, particularly at home. And where does that lead us? Sure, firearms for personal protection in the home and where legal, on the person.

Liberals try to instill the idea that government is the great protector. There’s that word again. ‘Exchange your freedom for our protection’ is what the Hillary Clintons want to tell you. This country could not have been born under more different principles. We are self-reliant and an independent people.

As a citizen, I’ll take the service that’s appropriate. As a law enforcement officer, I’ll provide the service that’s appropriate. But as both a citizen and an officer, I’ll see to my own protection, as should each and every citizen of this country.

Forrest Joyner is a Reserve Deputy in 3 Missouri counties: Adair, Scotland and Callaway. 14 yrs. service, fully certified Deputy Sheriff 24/7. An Optometrist by profession.

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