I know these people, and I know that's not the truth. None of them are racists, or anything else. They are hard working men and women and good people. I use my photographs and my blog to show people what they are really like, and they appreciate that.
Today, we had our last Crime Watch march and rally of the reason. At every event, we get a big turnout of police officers, and I've taken a lot of pictures of them having positive interactions with children and young people. Today, I took some that made me just get all sappy and sentimental.
Several members of the Gang Unit, and 2 K-9 officers were helping children carve pumpkins at the local Boys and Girls Club, which hosted the rally. Not because they had to, or because anyone even suggested it. They saw kids, and pumpkins to be carved, and they just jumped in and had as much fun as the little ones did.
Here, one of the K-9 Officers helps a little girl put on surgical gloves prior to doing a pumpkinectomy.
Then he holds the pumpkin over the trash can while she removes the pumpkin guts.
The final product is displayed.
Her smiling mother videotaped the whole thing. And I got all choked up. I love seeing positive interactions between members of the community and police officers. I remember how the community viewed the members of the German Police and what it did to them. It also hurts the local PD to be viewed as racists, etc.
I can't go back in time and undo the hurt to the men of the German Police. But, I can do my best to help show the people in this town what the members of our PD are really like.
Phoenix
