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I woke up this morning to some sad news. Last night we had a last minute fill in gig. I got home about 12:40 and fell asleep in the recliner. I was exhausted. My cell phone rang at 1:30am but I said fuck it. I'll check it in the morning.
I checked the message this morning. It was a friend from work calling to inform me that one of our fellow officers took his own life last night. I got a call this morning from one of our PBA reps and we talked for a bit about the whole thing.
It supposedly stemmed from financial difficulty and his girl leaving him, according to a note he left. He never showed for work yesterday and after attempts to reach him failed, they figured a no call/no show on his part.
You know, there are people we can talk to, Cop2Cop etc. But most won't use the resources for fear of ridicule by other officers. That is sad because this could have been avoided.
It just sucks. There was also a murder suicide this week. Another officer in my department (who worked at a different jail) killed his wife and dog, then himself. That was over the loss of their son in Iraq.
It hasn't been a great week at all. I just felt like getting this off my chest. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I checked the message this morning. It was a friend from work calling to inform me that one of our fellow officers took his own life last night. I got a call this morning from one of our PBA reps and we talked for a bit about the whole thing.
It supposedly stemmed from financial difficulty and his girl leaving him, according to a note he left. He never showed for work yesterday and after attempts to reach him failed, they figured a no call/no show on his part.
You know, there are people we can talk to, Cop2Cop etc. But most won't use the resources for fear of ridicule by other officers. That is sad because this could have been avoided.
It just sucks. There was also a murder suicide this week. Another officer in my department (who worked at a different jail) killed his wife and dog, then himself. That was over the loss of their son in Iraq.
It hasn't been a great week at all. I just felt like getting this off my chest. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Sigh, I been there several time. I still think of them and miss them dearly. Oddly, I broke up a fist fight between two over something stupid. They both took their own livese a year later just months from each other. They both did it they same way for the same reasons. My one friend connected instanly because we were the only two "old school" dagos at our district. Man I used to make him laugh so hard he almost choked to death on his sandwich. It was over this female cop's lovely ass that we always gawked at, and what I said about it. Everyone , including him always wanted me to imitate him. He sounded like Joe Pesci. Every once in a while a cop that remebers us will ask if I can do Jeff. I feel kinda sad..but I know Jeff would laugh so I do his voice and mannerisms..He was on COPS. I watched the youtube vid so many times. I'm, actually there wih him on scene..man, I still laugh so hard watching that episode. (naked man on pcp in a school squirting all the fire extingishers outside,..then Jeff Bops him on the head with a flashlight). I treasure those memories and still think of him all the time. I introduced him to Cleveland John and they became very friendly too.
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