Dangers in Policing: A Chaplains View
The other day a Calgary police officer was killed in the line of duty during the course of his regular duties. It appears as if he was making a traffic stop of a vehicle with a 17 year old driver and his 19 year old passenger. All the details and the guilt or innocence of these young men is yet to be determined. The fact is that the officer died. It reminded me of another incident I experienced as a police chaplain in Toronto a few years back. While doing a ride along in downtown Toronto the Sergeant I was with noticed that the back licence plate of a car we were approaching at a red light, had no sticker. He immediately pulled up beside the car who was about the 5th car in the lineup behind the light, and motioned him to pull over once the traffic cleared out of the way. We were in the curb lane but instead of pulling in front of us, the driver pulled into oncoming traffic and made a quick left turn to another major road. This was early evening on a Friday summer night but the roads w...