Saturday, February 6, 2010

Coming and Going: Law Enforcement Blog Update

Pepper Spray Me is Gone on Arrival, and the Warrior Poets blog has gracefully said good-bye. Their authors had completely different voices and almost completely different concerns in law enforcement. Both authors are incredibly gifted writers. Their sites were beautiful to look at and wonderful to read. It feels like a terrible, double wham for them to leave.

I am not taking them off my blogroll. That's sort of like keeping a candle lit in the window so that travelers can return--just a wish.

Some other law enforcement literati seemed to be disappearing. For a while, Low Country Crime and Punishment was out--and with a bad back--so I was worried about him. But he's writing again.

The Roanoke Cop was informed that he could not specify his location any longer. He is importing old posts to the Ten-Eighty blog, and we are to completely forget where he practices law enforcement. I've updated my blog roll and promised to spread the word.

Sometimes I wonder if the 'powers that be' understand how much these blogs do for community relations. These law enforcement officers take the time to share their commitment, their travails, the triumphs, (almost all of those triumphs with a bitter edge) the laughs, and the ironies. It gives all of law enforcement a much more human face. I see so many trolls out there who verbally blast away without careful reading. They all sound the same. These blogs are, or have been, a thoughtful and varied counterpoint to that mindless cut-and-run.

You bloggers with Difficult Jobs: you teach me so much. I'm grateful for your efforts on and off the net. I'm still reading, learning, and recommending--every single one of you on my blogroll.

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