CPD Hero

The news for the Chicago Police Department has been dominated by the bad for over a year now. It is easy to get lost in all the scandals and beatings and apparent cover ups. Despite counting several police officers as friends, and one as one of my best friends, I'm at the point where I can no longer give the police the benefit of the doubt when a new story breaks. There are too many "rouge officers" for that term to hold much meaning.

BUT DON'T FORGET There are still more good officers out there than bad and they are doing a dangerous job on our behalf. Stories like this need publicity too! A police officer, responding to a burning building, caught a child that was dropped from a window to safety. As I write this the officer's name is not published in the paper but s/he performed a great, if seemingly innocuous, act of heroism.