I am a little behind on posts due to the craziness of the last couple months so I will be posting a few extra posts. The first topic that came to mind was a very frustrating incident that happened back in October.
On Friday, October 27 2006 Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Mitchell was shot and killed during a vehicle stop. The offender was never caught and the murder investigation is still open. Deputy Mitchell gave his life attempting to make Sacramento county a safer place to live. The ultimate public service in my opinion. In honor of sacrifice, a memorial was built in his name near his place of death which included an American flag and bench area.
This past October only a week before the memorial of his death, his memorial site was destroyed. The bench was uprooted and the flag destroyed. I'm not sure what kind of person does such a thing. I can't really put my feeling about the incident into words but they would bot be pleasant words if I could. I donated to the cause of rebuilding and improving the memorial before the anniversary of his memorial and was happy to hear the wife and son of Deputy Mitchell were pleased with the new memorial.
I don't really know the purpose of this post other than as I continue my pursuit of joining a law enforcement agency I am reminded of the family atmosphere of the job and how even officers who have never met each other would do whatever needed to look out for one another.
Fallen But Not Forgotten.
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