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 "torresD"  wrote in message 
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 > "Phil"  wrote in message 
 > news:ki8nm2h513ve0qom9ksdvbpc1eb9dim7nu@4ax.com... 
 >> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:13:19 GMT, "nyc kid"  wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>In most professions in which you are responsible for the safety and 
 >>>welfare 
 >>>of others, a drug & alcohol test is routine when someone gets hurt.  Why 
 >>>shouldn't this be true for nypd?  Sounds like a good idea to me.  What do 
 >>>they have to hide... 
 >> 
 >> In most professions, you have the option of running away when there's 
 >> danger; police don't have that option. 
 > 
 > Police Officers are our firstline of defense against violent street 
 > criminals. 
 > We ask them to risk their lives everyday for us and they do. 
 > Police Officers keep that tissue thin fabric that prevents society 
 > from breaking down into anarchy together. 
 > I salute all Police Officers. 
  
 And as such, they should be held to a standard that suits that position. 
 Too much do as I say, not as I do, is not good for society (or raising 
 kids). 
  
 > 
 > 
 >> If police had to take drug and alcohol tests each time someone got 
 >> hurt, they'd be spending as much time pissing into a cup as they would 
 >> fighting crime. 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> Phil 
 >> ====== 
 >> visit the New York City Homebrewers Guild website: 
 >> http://www.hbd.org/nychg 
 > 
 > 
  
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