Too much

[TheGrey]

Hi Folks.

It had been briefly considered, at one time, to make a sticky or subforum for all of the LEO deaths. As was mentioned here, the individual posts make a statement that wouldn't be made if they were lumped into one section.

This forum was started by an LEO; we carry the respect for the sacrifices made by officers by the solemn reminders of KenDev's posts.
Not_a_Llama, are you volunteering to begin posting fallen military and Fire service? It is quite a commitment.

[theGinsue]

I'm going to disagree. The individual threads make a statement that a single consolidated one wouldn't. It's easy enough to scroll down or skip pages if you want.

It just strikes me as so strange. They’re all just copy-paste jobs from the odmp.org website. I can visit the website anytime.

We should be honoring military deaths, too. Fire service would be nice, as well.

Hi Folks.

It had been briefly considered, at one time, to make a sticky or subforum for all of the LEO deaths. As was mentioned here, the individual posts make a statement that wouldn't be made if they were lumped into one section.

This forum was started by an LEO; we carry the respect for the sacrifices made by officers by the solemn reminders of KenDev's posts.
Not_a_Llama, are you volunteering to begin posting fallen military and Fire service? It is quite a commitment.

Aloha_Shooter & TheGrey sum it up very well.

We hear everyone's concerns that it can sometimes be overwhelming to the rest of the GD forum to see all of those individual posts. We do not disagree. But we also feel that each of these men and women deserve to be recognized individually for their sacrifices.

As a retired Airman, who served briefly in an LE role, I can appreciate the idea that we should also post the deaths of our active duty service men and women - but no one on the staff has the time to commit to such an endeavour. We would welcome anyone who wishes to step forward to take this on.

In the mean time, if anyone finds it bothersome, please just scroll past these threads. For anyone else, I hope that you, like me, are awestruck, humbled and saddened by the loss of so many who have sacrificed their lives to help keep order versus chaos and ensure America can be the great civilized nation for our children that we enjoyed.

Ginsue out.

ETA: Whether military or law enforcement, serving your nation and/or your community is a calling. Not all receive this calling and not all answer it. I'm very grateful for those who do. I don't mind working through each of those threads to get down to the other general discussion topics.

[Not_A_Llama]

Not_a_Llama, are you volunteering to begin posting fallen military and Fire service? It is quite a commitment.

I also work in a first responder setting, and honor the sacrifices made by those who serve alongside me. But i personally wouldn’t want an ultimate sacrifice of mine to be reduced to a copy-paste exercise that receives single digit clicks and is imposed upon an audience that largely doesn’t care, or even resents the imposition.

I won’t tell anyone what to do or not do, but I will say for my part that I have refrained from replicating the effort on my side, because I believe it is not appreciated, and is disruptive to the flow and operation of the board. It’s really high volume, and incomplete at the same time. I think it is important to highlight the exemplary, rather than dishonor another’s memory through perfunctory action for the mundane.

For my part, I can write up a script or copy-paste from my daily work bulletin. I trust the management will be accommodating.

My service is especially known for our take on colleagues being regarded as family. Like me, you might walk away with an appreciation for how many line of duty deaths result from falls or cardiac events or motor vehicle accidents or cancer from presumed hazmat exposures decades ago. The EMS side of the house also has their share of hazards and LOD deaths. I hope they will likewise be appreciated.

I suspect, though, that there’s a reason the front page of the newspaper isn’t the obituaries. Even if it is easy enough to turn the page.