Black_Sheep
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God bless you Charlie, enjoy your retirement. When you get that book written I would like a copy as you have a gift for story telling...
I Cleaned Out The Cruiser Today.
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Straightshooter2
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Congratulations Charlie. I hope you enjoy a long and well deserved retirement. I remember how it was leaving Delta after 34 years so I know a little of what you're saying. My brother, a deputy sheriff in Virginia, is here with us for a few days. He's retired once (Army, 82nd) and now 15 years into his second career with his department. He said to add his congratulations also and that he understood about the ink pens.
CW
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Congratulations on a long career. May God continue to watch over and protect you. I hope to meet you face to face one day soon when I am down visiting my kids and grandkids. Enjoy, you have paid your dues and earned it.
Butch
Butch
Congratulations on your retirement. I was going on post on my recent retirement, but can't come close to matching your great post.
I will say that it amazed me how much junk I accumulated in my EMS career. I turned in uniform jackets that were immediately sent to the EMS museum they were so old.
For the first few days, I was lost, I just had nothing to do. Then I started to relax and realized that I could stop living like a bat (I worked nights) and start to have a social life. Then the job offers came in.
I'm working on balancing relaxation with keeping busy. I'm at the point where I'm able to start working on all the things I didn't have time to do when I was working.
Although I miss the job a bit, mostly what I miss is the good people I worked with all these years.
I will say that it amazed me how much junk I accumulated in my EMS career. I turned in uniform jackets that were immediately sent to the EMS museum they were so old.
For the first few days, I was lost, I just had nothing to do. Then I started to relax and realized that I could stop living like a bat (I worked nights) and start to have a social life. Then the job offers came in.
I'm working on balancing relaxation with keeping busy. I'm at the point where I'm able to start working on all the things I didn't have time to do when I was working.
Although I miss the job a bit, mostly what I miss is the good people I worked with all these years.
dpowers311
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Good Luck and have fun
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Congratulations about being able to sign off for the last time and going home. I have a feeling my own career, although not nearly as long as yours is going to be coming to an end in the next few months, mine due to some 19 year old kid who screwed up my left arm, but I have learned to live with it such as it is.
I agree that the general public will never have one idea about what anyone in law enforcement does or what we see in a day. Working in the jail as I have I have watched the same teenagers that came in for little stuff come back as adults committing felonies. I have met child killers, drug dealers, gang bangers and even the town drunks, jail is a place for all of them. I have had to go in cells where inmates have covered every square inch of the room with feces and had to drag them out and help with the clean up. I have wrestled with guys who have been covered in blood, pepper spray, urine and ****, sometimes one of the above, sometimes all at once. I have had my head bounced off a metal stool, and even smacked across the face with a bible by a female inmate who refused to go to her cell. I have seen several suicide attempts but never one committed thankfully. I have seen guys beaten, stabbed, choked and stomped. People don't realize what stress is like until they walk into a court room and there are fifteen members of the victim's family and you are walking with the prisoner who is accused of molesting one of their kids. I did that my first transport to a little tiny town court / town hall / bingo parlor. No cell service and the nearest substation was thirty minutes away. That's where guts come in to play, no question about it. I have seen stress take its toll on people in this line of work. Out of my class of 34 people, there is only 15 of us left after about nine years and one of my instructors committed suicide three years ago. Several guys I know who don't work there now are alcoholics, more than a few have been divorced and we all have more grey hair. Getting into law enforcement these days is not for the faint of heart with budget cuts and everyone who has their relative getting arrested or has some family member in jail alleges abuse or brutality. I remember when my father was a cop back when I was growing up how we were told to respect those wearing a badge. Now cops are given anything but respect from the youth of today. Like you Charlie I have made friends and made enemies. I have told more than one if they come near me or mine it will be the biggest and last mistake they could ever make. One of my favorites was to tell them to come on over and meet the twins, modified and full choke.
Congrats Charlie on a successful retirement!
I agree that the general public will never have one idea about what anyone in law enforcement does or what we see in a day. Working in the jail as I have I have watched the same teenagers that came in for little stuff come back as adults committing felonies. I have met child killers, drug dealers, gang bangers and even the town drunks, jail is a place for all of them. I have had to go in cells where inmates have covered every square inch of the room with feces and had to drag them out and help with the clean up. I have wrestled with guys who have been covered in blood, pepper spray, urine and ****, sometimes one of the above, sometimes all at once. I have had my head bounced off a metal stool, and even smacked across the face with a bible by a female inmate who refused to go to her cell. I have seen several suicide attempts but never one committed thankfully. I have seen guys beaten, stabbed, choked and stomped. People don't realize what stress is like until they walk into a court room and there are fifteen members of the victim's family and you are walking with the prisoner who is accused of molesting one of their kids. I did that my first transport to a little tiny town court / town hall / bingo parlor. No cell service and the nearest substation was thirty minutes away. That's where guts come in to play, no question about it. I have seen stress take its toll on people in this line of work. Out of my class of 34 people, there is only 15 of us left after about nine years and one of my instructors committed suicide three years ago. Several guys I know who don't work there now are alcoholics, more than a few have been divorced and we all have more grey hair. Getting into law enforcement these days is not for the faint of heart with budget cuts and everyone who has their relative getting arrested or has some family member in jail alleges abuse or brutality. I remember when my father was a cop back when I was growing up how we were told to respect those wearing a badge. Now cops are given anything but respect from the youth of today. Like you Charlie I have made friends and made enemies. I have told more than one if they come near me or mine it will be the biggest and last mistake they could ever make. One of my favorites was to tell them to come on over and meet the twins, modified and full choke.
Congrats Charlie on a successful retirement!
Congratulations on retirement and a great career!
deduke1907
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enjoy and thaks for your service
postman93
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Congratulation, on your retirement. After a couple of month you will have to look at the calander to tell what day of the week it is and then decide "who cares". Happy retirement.
setxn
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Going from public servant to private citizen can be done. It will be hard at first, but excellence in retirement will happen. Enjoy
whitecoyote
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Congratulations Charlie!
Thanks for all you have done, and keeping the bad guys off the street.
Enjoy the next chapter of your life.
Thanks for all you have done, and keeping the bad guys off the street.
Enjoy the next chapter of your life.
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Charlie,
Thank you for the extra long service. Few in LE make it that long unless they go the brass hat route. I too have always enjoyed your posts and stories, an I look forward to that book and will be waiting in line for a copy. However, when ever you feel inspired to post some more stories and experiences, please do. I'm sure everyone on this board has enjoyed them as much as I have.
Good luck, and God bless.
Colt.
Charlie,
Thank you for the extra long service. Few in LE make it that long unless they go the brass hat route. I too have always enjoyed your posts and stories, an I look forward to that book and will be waiting in line for a copy. However, when ever you feel inspired to post some more stories and experiences, please do. I'm sure everyone on this board has enjoyed them as much as I have.
Good luck, and God bless.
Colt.
BigCityChief
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Good luck, sir and God bless!
tom turner
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Congratulations Charlie on your well-deserved retirement. I've loved reading your posts here, and could tell just what a special guy you were. This world is a better place because of you and your wisdom, and someone, somewhere will have to rise up and take your place . . . someone really special to keep your town safe and look after its citizens!
My youngest son is 28 now, and married with three kids. A few years ago when he wasn't settled down he hated cops and distrusted them fiercely. I started having him read your posts and he soon realized that there WERE good guys out there who try to do the right things! I must say too that eventually he began to see that most folks in law enforcement are fine folks too! Charlie, it all began with your posts here . . . and I can't thank you enough!!!
Now that you will soon have nothing to do and all day to do it in, I hope you'll remember us all and bless us with some of your memories of how it was out there on the road.
May you have a long and blessed retirement, and many more years of great health and happiness! God Bless You, Sir!
Tom Turner
PS: Hope you spoil that little grand child rotten!!!
My youngest son is 28 now, and married with three kids. A few years ago when he wasn't settled down he hated cops and distrusted them fiercely. I started having him read your posts and he soon realized that there WERE good guys out there who try to do the right things! I must say too that eventually he began to see that most folks in law enforcement are fine folks too! Charlie, it all began with your posts here . . . and I can't thank you enough!!!
Now that you will soon have nothing to do and all day to do it in, I hope you'll remember us all and bless us with some of your memories of how it was out there on the road.
May you have a long and blessed retirement, and many more years of great health and happiness! God Bless You, Sir!
Tom Turner
PS: Hope you spoil that little grand child rotten!!!
29aholic
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Just got the link to this thread in an email from LA Joe. Congrats Charlie...now GET YOUR BUTT TO TULSA!!!!!!
raveneap
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Congratulations on long
, good career. Know where you're coming from, I retired 22 years ago sfter a 30 year career with the same Department. I wish you well.
, good career. Know where you're coming from, I retired 22 years ago sfter a 30 year career with the same Department. I wish you well.
Enjoy your retirement Charlie. You spent your time well. Thank you for your service. You will find that there isn't enough hours in the day & wonder how you ever worked. I'll celebrate 25 years retired come August. Looking foreward to buying your book.
Best wishes for a long and healthy retirement!
DoubleAdobe
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Congratulations, sir.
I love it when the good guys prevail.
Looking forward to the book also.
I love it when the good guys prevail.
Looking forward to the book also.
