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I retired after completing 38 years as a law enforcement officer in the State of Florida. I began my law enforcement career with the City of Miami, where I served for nearly 27 years before serving with a state agency for 11 1/2 years (part of that time as Interim Inspector General). During my career with Miami I worked in uniform patrol, the detective bureau, and the 911 center. I was also a member of the first law enforcement crew to respond to New York City on September 11, 2001. From January 2007 to April 2011 I also served as a commissioner on the state commission that governs the certification of law enforcement, correctional and probation officers in the state. I am a Past President of the Florida State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police (President 2004-2006); I was an employee representative with Miami FOP Lodge #20 for almost 21 years (6 years serving at the Chief Steward). I have worked on legislative issues at all levels, worked on political screening committees. I’m a past member of the Dade County Republican Executive Committee, and have been an advisor/ law enforcement liaison for a presidential candidate..

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

The U.S. is on a slippery slope

Many generations have never seen a President of the United States be impeached, my generation has now seen three!

 Regardless who you voted for or your opinion on whether or not President Trump should have been impeached we (as a country) are in trouble. Over night the Secretary of the Army authorized the National Guard troops at the Capital to carry weapons! 

 Think of that, the U.S. will have armed troops at the Capital to ensure the installation of a new President and transfer of power from one administration to another! As a country have we gone too far down that slippery slope?

 Being an optimist I believe that we can turn this around, but it will require us to do something extremely hard, we will have to acknowledge differences of opinion and acknowledge that the mere difference of opinion doesn’t make a person bad! We also have to return to the belief that wrong is not dependent upon what political party one belongs to or what politicians one supports. We need to stop making excuses or justification for wrong actions and return to the philosophy that right is right and wrong is wrong, period!!! 

 When I was with the MPD group that responded to NYC on 9/11/01 I had a Miami Herald reporter come up to me and ask how I felt about what had happened? Just then 2 F16’s flew overhead (President Bush was coming to Ground Zero), I looked at the reporter and said how do you think those pilots must feel flying over a U.S. city with orders to shoot down any aircraft that enters a no fly zone? Can you imagine how those National Guard troops must feel knowing that they may have to use force against other American citizens? I’m sure they never saw that as a possibility when they joined.

 I will end this by saying God bless you and may God bless the U.S. and give us the clarity and strength to stop this madness! May God bless and protect the law enforcement officers and troops that will be on duty protecting our country!
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