When our law enforcement officers have been ambushed and murdered across the nation, rarely do we get any sympathy or empathy from our nation’s Commander-In-Chief! Many of us support, trust and defend our boys in blue because of the dangerous job they do, yet rarely do they get praise.
While numerous officers were killed over the past couple of years, President Barack Obama has been missing in action.
I’ve never served in the police department, but I have served in the military, so I understand their dedication and fight to serve and protect. Yes, there are bad cops but they can be weeded out and should be. There’s no argument there. That doesn’t give an excuse to mow them down on the public streets, creating an environment of disrespect for future attacks.
Sheriff Jim DeWees, the chief law enforcement officer of Carroll County, Maryland couldn’t hold back any longer after two officers in nearby Harford County were killed in an ambush style attack.
Using Facebook as his podium, DeWees took President Obama to task for his treatment of our nation’s law enforcement officers:
A Letter from me to our president:
Dear President Obama:
In case you haven’t heard, eight American police officers over the past eight days have been killed in the line of duty. Two of these police officers were Harford County Sheriff’s Deputies that were gunned down at a Panera Restaurant just 50 miles from where you live. I’ve watched and listened intently for words of encouragement and sorrow to come from you, but haven’t heard or seen anything.
Conversely, just two weeks ago my governor, Larry Hogan, spent the better part of a week placing a call each day to one of my deputies that was involved in a severe traffic collision in Carroll County. He wasn’t satisfied with speaking to me in order to send his prayers and regards; he called every day after the collision until he spoke with my deputy’s wife. Governor Hogan also drove to Harford County the day after two deputies were slain to meet Sheriff Gahler and the men & women of his office to grieve with them. The governor is in the middle of the 2016 Legislative Session and is pretty busy, yet found time to call, visit and pay his respects to me & my deputy, and the men & women of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
I understand that you are a busy man and are being pulled in multiple directions every day of the week. But, when my president doesn’t take the time to openly recognize the sacrifices that brave men & women of law enforcement make each day to keep domestic peace, I’m disappointed! I suspect that if these same deputies walked in to a restaurant, and without provocation shot and killed an innocent man, you and your staff would quickly whisk their family away to Washington for a future speech to make an example of police officers nationwide.
For me Mr. President, it has nothing to do with Republican or Democrat; black or white, male or female; but, it has everything to do with leading or following. I’m not shocked that you haven’t openly reached out or acknowledged publically the recent rash of deaths in law enforcement, but I’m tremendously disappointed!
Mr. President, your silence about these events SPEAKS VOLUMES!!!!
PS: I’ll be standing outside in the cold next week with my deputies for the funerals of the Harford Co deputies;
I’ll save you a spot next to me!
James T. DeWees
Sheriff
Carroll County Maryland
H/T – Facebook
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