Can you imagine what it would be like to be just days away
from retiring from your career as a police chief, but then being shot and
killed trying to do your job? I recently
read an article off of Yahoo.com titled New Hampshire Suspects Found Dead AfterKilling Police Chief in Shootout, where this very situation happened.
It was in a little town of three thousand and five hundred
people in New Hampshire, called Greenland.
A man and a woman were found dead inside after the shooting. It was believed that it was either a
murder-suicide or a suicide pact of some sort.
Reports stated that the whole incident might have been because of a drug
deal that went bad. The suspect was
armed with a rifle. The shooting,
besides killing the Chief, left four other officers injured, with two of them
going into critical condition, and the other two being released from the
hospital soon after they were treated for their gunshot wounds. All of the people in the town were just so
stunned, because they could never imagine anything like a shootout happening in
their little town.
It was reported that the Police Chief, Michael Maloney, was only
eight short days away from retirement. He
had racked up over twenty-six years of experience in law enforcement.
Some officers who are just a short time away from retirement
will sometimes tend to slack off, take it easy, or just not take the job as
seriously as it should be taken anymore. Some police chiefs in his situation might just
sit in the office and waste away their time.
But this man decided to be one of the good chiefs and not just blow off
responsibilities, even though he was so close to the end. He responded to the gunfight call and didn’t
just sit at his desk. He was out on the
streets on the front lines. In his last
days as a police officer, he still did his job and risked his life to protect
his community. He gave his life, and the
other four officers survived.
This is such a sad story to hear about. I am always saddened when I hear about a
police officer being shot. I couldn’t
imagine being so close to retirement, but then losing your life in a
shootout. I can’t even imagine how his
wife would have felt, either. It must
have been extremely difficult for her to go through. She was probably thinking that she would be
getting to spend more time with him in a few more days, but then she has to
deal with losing him altogether.
By Scott Masters
Sources:
http://www.yahoo.com/
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=707&q=police+chief+wiggum&gbv=2&oq=police+chief+&aq=2&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.1.2.0l10.7173l9956l0l14724l13l13l0l2l2l0l128l887l9j2l11l0.frgbld.
This is really sad. Very surprising too, my hometown has a population of 10,000 people and i would still never expect that to happen. Also, this proves that anything can happen on the job. And when you least expect it, its just a shame there are people that are willing to do something so ruthless.
ReplyDeleteThis is unfortunate thing to happen to someone who dedicated their life to the protection of others. Although everyone knows that policing is a dangerous job, it is still shocking and saddening to hear stories like this.
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