Who here has close friends/family members who are police officers?

[B2G]

I've never seen this question asked before.

My nephew is a cop. My husband's best friend is one also. The are both wonderful, compassionate men who truly care about the cities they protect and take their jobs very seriously.

[femmocrat]

1. I did.

They have either retired or passed away, but I come from a family of several police officers. Also several friends who were state police officers.

[Ex Lurker]

33. Future BIL is an FBI agent

Haven't formed an impression of him yet. He's stationed at a US embassy in a foreign country, and I've only met him once.

[bigtree]

2. brother-in-law

State

[hrmjustin]

3. My eldest nephew is a detective. My uncle is a retired NYPD Sargeant.

I have a cousin just out oc high school who wants to go into law enforcement. I have a cousin retired from the FBI but he never talks about it.

[Rex]

4. We have a few alleged cops on DU.

Active and inactive.

[Lars39]

5. BIL

sociopath. Retired. Nice when it suits him. Horribly manipulative. Was not above lying in court to put someone away only based on whether the person comes from a "good family" or not.

[tandot]

6. My brother in law

He is the nicest guy ever and it really hurts him to be lumped in with the other assholes who cross the line.

[BronxBoy]

7. I Do

Tons

From federal to local. And they're all Black

[annavictorious]

8. One of my children is NYPD.

I shared that information on a different liberal blog a couple of years ago, and got a few comments about what a low life I must be and how I failed as a parent.

[yeoman6987]

26. That is damn horrible. I hope you told them off.

[MH1]

9. In-laws of my brother.

I'm not close with any of the actual LEOs but there is respect for law enforcement on that side of the family and I do hear things from their perspective at times.

I do think there are many bad cops and some entire units are probably awful. But there are also a lot of cops who are really trying to do the job they're supposed to - "protect and serve". It's pretty frustrating for the cops who are trying to do it right, to feel helpless about the bad cops that give them all a bad reputation.

[Travis_0004]

10. My father is a retired police officer

I have 2 friends who are police.

[Dale Neiburg]

11. My late wife

Died 3-1/2 years ago.

[uponit7771]

12. FIL

[treestar]

13. One and some wanna be

The one in my family is turning out to be a bitter racist who is teaching his sons to hate anyone who ever questions any cop any where. He is white of course. Believes that he had a hard time getting into the force because of affirmative actions - many black and female people got hired when he should have. He claims that people who interviewed him told him how great he was but why he could not be hired (which I don't find credible since who would say a thing like that on the job - it could get out and they'd get fired).

His sons are putting up every meme about poor white cops being persecuted and killed because they are white and how mean everyone is to question any cop killing a person, that must have been self defense. Too bad he's such a good father because his sons follow in his ignorant footsteps. Hopefully they will mellow out.

[PoiBoy]

14. Son in Law and cousin...

Active duty State Sheriff and retired FBI respectively...

Great guys, awesome family men...

[Initech]

15. My cousin is a former police officer and works private security now.

And my cousin quit his job after like half his department got indicted for drug trafficking 10 years ago. Many of his superior officer wound up getting huge sentences for what they did.

[puffy socks]

16. My cousin is an officer in Iowa

[cwydro]

17. An ex-lover of mine is a cop.

She's dedicated and does so much for people every day.

Proud to know her.

[MFM008]

18. One of my uncles

My uncle Francis in the old days and he was a racist.
My ex and he was just an idiot.
My best pal and he was a good guy.
All gone now.

[loyalsister]

19. A cousin

He was a sweet scrawny kid whose dad pushed him to be hypermasculine. I keep wanting to tell my racist family members that they are blaming the wrong people because he chose his profession.

[KMOD]

20. I do.

Current and retired. Love and respect them all.

[MANative]

21. Husband retired from police force and first cousin a detective in a large east coast city. N/t

[Demonaut]

22. here too

[gwheezie]

23. Several

From federal to county LE.

[X_Digger]

24. G.gdad was a justice of the peace, cousin is a state police, my wife's first husband was a deputy.nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

25. Best friend... essentially a brother.

He's a great cop. His safety would be promoted if the public could know that justice will be administered to bad ones.

[kimbutgar]

27. My cousin is a cop.

[tandot]

28. I am so glad that other DUers have family and/or friends in LE

My nephew and nieces and their kids are black and they have not so great experiences iwith law enforcement in Oklahoma. I live in California and it is somewhat better here.

[jmg257]

29. Former LE, my BIL is chief of local town PD. We are great guys (of course)! nt

[elleng]

30. I have,

my son in law is a deputy sheriff.

My daughter wrote this:

I will never EVER be okay with ANY unnecessary killings of ANYBODY, no matter what color, shape, or profession. Hear me when I say I acknowledge the pain, anger, and potential desire for revenge in this situation. But that feeling of revenge MUST be channeled differently. I have so much sadness and empathy for people of any color, religion, etc who have lived a life where racism against them is their norm. But, HAVING A LIFETIME OF PAIN DOESN'T JUSTIFY MURDERING THE INNOCENT AS AN OUTLET. Feel pain, feel anger, get to a point where you feel the only way to be heard is to pull that trigger, and then do this...DON'T PULL THE TRIGGER. Instead, embrace a desire for POSITIVE change for ALL of us.

[littlebit]

31. My cousin

In Dallas. He is an ass. But he is family so I put up with him.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

32. There are some G-Men on my mother's side of the family

whereas my father's side of the family is mostly criminals and other lesser degenerates.

I'm not really close to them and have no deep insights on their character but I think they're sincere about their work.

[Ghost in the Machine]

34. I have a nephew who was an Army M.P., and is now a Deputy Sheriff, my ex brother-in-law is a retired

Deputy, a cousin who is a retired Deputy, several friends who are active, several who are retired, one uncle who was CIA, one uncle who was FBI and a cousin who was head of an Air Force Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, who is retired now, but still doing humanitarian work as a liaison officer overseas for the Military.

I will still bash the bad cops no matter what.... I know a LOT of good cops, but have had run-ins with my share of bad ones too, just for driving/riding while long-haired & tattooed...

Cut the salaries of the inept Conngress Critters and gives raises to our troops, teachers, cops & firefighters!

Peace,

Ghost

[DemonGoddess]

35. youngest son

cousins, late uncle.

They all take or took (retired) their jobs seriously