Allow me to preface this week’s column by asking a question tongue in cheek. Is there a great need for police? What is happening in our communities with police presence? What would happen without police? Would you become a police officer, why not?
I have been stopped, arrested five times, but never found guilty. But was employed in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office and also Allegheny County Public Defender’s office, so I have a unique background in the legal system. The majority of law enforcement officers are decent persons as the majority of us are law-abiding citizens. I have witnessed first hand the atrocious animalistic conduct of police both colored and White, I was subjected to it. My circumstances were somewhat different than a lot of others. I had a father and an attorney always available to assist me in protecting my constitutional rights. At one point in my life I was employed with the city of Pittsburgh as an investigator in O.M.I. office and one of our responsibilities was to do background checks on potential Pittsburgh police officers. An interesting question was asked of the candidates, “Why do you want to be a police officer?” There generally were three answers:
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