A Message For Officer Rice

Officer ‘Rice’

Do you really think that I could come up with as complete a list as this, and forget the one person who's name appears in my journal more than any other single officer? If you will recall, you once told me that you would rather not have your name published. I was just trying to show that I listened.

To be honest, I really didn't think you or anyone else at the department even read this blog anymore. I figured by this point I was just shouting at the wind. But since I know that you are reading now, I will break with my original plan to ceaselessly agitate your department for the next week and cut to the chase. The title which I already had planned for my last post is “Standing Down,” and it does recognize much of the sentiment which you expressed in your comment. I still have to adjust it a bit, but I will try to post it as soon as possible.

I will make no more posts on this blog until then, and it will be my final post before closing this blog permanently. Until that time, this blog is closed to comments. I sincerely hope that you will read that final post, and if you wish to leave a comment at that time I will allow you to have the final say in the matter. You and the many other good police officers within your department deserve that much.

So, although I can understand if you have the urge to run me over with your squad car for my inflammatory comments, I would suggest that you look at the silly flag I am currently flying from my house and realize that very few people really take me seriously, not even myself.

And lest there be any doubt about the matter, my threat to post personal information was completely hollow. If you will look at the photos I posted, in addition to ‘shielding’ the faces of your fellow officers, I also completely blocked out any images of children and spouses before saving them to my files. If you need an explanation for why I felt it necessary to give a final shout before walking away, you'll need to read my final post.

Merry Christmas!