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I really think that our PD officers are at least getting compensated for putting their lives on the line. It's like anything, a lot of times people only see the easy part of the job. My brother is a cop, who most of the time probably just cruises the streets. But when I did a ride a long with him a while back, it was at night and he had to pull over a car. I thought he was crazy because he walked up to this car by himself to investigate. I was thinking to myself that he has no idea who was in the car, maybe the person had a gun or was a felon and could blow him away. I thought about his job and his family, and how easily things can change for him. Police officers walk around with a target on their back at all times.

I was thinking the other day about the time magazine cover of the boston bombings, who's on the cover? Police officers drawing their guns because the bomb went off. They weren't running away like I would have been, they were putting their lives on the line when duty calls.

And, when I turn on my tv to see an athlete or actor getting paid millions and millions of dollars for entertainment purposes, it blows me away that people rant that police officers, teachers, etc., are getting paid too much.

Jeff