BoredomSucks

 ItalsoCreatesChaos

By V. Martin

Let’s face it most of us avoid being bored at a very high cost. We spend a lot of money on being entertained and we go to great lengths to entertain. With that in mind, police, firefighters, and emergency personnel spend a lot of time being bored. There is no telling when they will be called to an active crime scene. During the time they are waiting they may run through some drills, clean and service equipment, and what ever else to stay busy. It is during this time, I believe, they should be out and about in the communities they serve. Relationships are key to stopping crime. The more involved first responders are with the people they serve the less likely they will commit crime. When people are engaged, when they have a purpose they tend to shine,

Police need to be the example that kids can look up to and aspire to be. Kids use to want to be cops, now they need to kill them or be killed by them. The Federal government needs to stop rewarding the police for the amount of arrest or people in prison, instead give money for the lack of arrest and/or people in jail. It doesn’t matter what the people have done in the past, only what they do going forward. Short of murder, molestation, and child rape, these are unforgivable and deserve prison. 

All I’m trying to say is that a lot of people are mentally ill and just need a reset on what is right and wrong. Others just need a guiding hand. Maybe volunteers, for non violent offenders would or could help  police keep crime from occurring.

Maybe I’m being unrealistic but reality isn’t working and we need to come up with something that does. Give people a chance and we’re all heroes in the making.