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classes aimed at recognizing and handling its integrity, ethics, and values; but I also
emotionally disturbed persons, recognizing saw where it could also apply to
the risk of PTSD and other job-related associations? The article read in part as
issues, education on health and safety follows;
matters regarding oneself and how to
Incredible advances in technology are also
combat it, financial management with
retirement preparation in mind, and even on the side of free speech. The explosion of
choices makes it almost impossible to
some spouse and family training for
awareness and understanding. silence all dissent and gain a monopoly,
though certainly Facebook and Google are
In closing, I would like to tell you that the trying.
office often receives phone calls from some
long-time retirees inquiring about Which brings me to the third necessary
Association business and wanting to renew ingredient in determining where we go
from here. It’s you. I urge you to support
their membership! I tell you, I just enjoy
visiting with some of them and talking the media you like. As the great writer and
thinker Midge Decter once put it, “You
about their careers and how police work
was back in their day! I am amazed at how have to join the side you’re on.” It’s no
tuned their memory is and how they secret that newspapers and magazines are
losing readers and money and shedding
describe and relay cases and experiences
from long ago, but as one of them told me staff. Some of them are good newspapers.
… but don’t ask me what I had for Some of them are good magazines. There
are also many wonderful, thoughtful, small
breakfast, cause I can’t remember that!!!???
I know a lot more folks like that now! publications and websites that exist on a
shoestring. Don’t let them die. Subscribe or
TPA has been around for a very long time contribute to those you enjoy. Give
and one can go on and on about the subscriptions to friends. Put your money
previous members and those that have where your heart and mind are. An
passed on, but what is truly unique and expanded media landscape that better
blessed about the Association is its value! reflects the diversity of public preferences
“Dedicated to Improving the Police would, in time, help create a more level
Profession” has been its motto and it makes political and cultural arena. That would be
me glad to see that those that have been a great thing. So again I urge you: join the
“out of the game” for a while, are still side you’re on.
interested and concerned about TPA and
the police profession. With that said, the Until next time, take care and God Bless!
below is an excerpt from an article I read Respectfully,
that was adapted from a speech delivered
on April 20th, in Atlanta, Georgia by a
Michael Goodwin. He was talking about Raul Vargas
today’s media and how it has basically lost
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