As a previous police officer
I cannot envision the awesome and gruesome scene those officers walked into
yesterday in Newtown Connecticut. Those
first responders most likely just wanted to run out of the school, hold their
head in their hands and just sob. The
officer’s with children probably fought back the urge to go wherever their
children were, hug them and make sure they were okay and knew they loved them. Fortunately the officers were professionals and subsequently acted competently.
Officers have a soft spot for
children. They are so innocent and when they do wrong, it’s usually because
they don’t know any better or are modeling bad behavior they have observed in
another child or adult.
Those Newton officers will
probably question themselves forever, how could they have prevented this?
Responded faster? Helped the school develop a stronger security system? Eliminated all the evil from their city? How can they help the parents of the murdered
children?
My thoughts and hopes for
healing go to the parents and other family members of the murdered children and
adults and for the law enforcement officers that had to work that horrible
event.
How can we as a society
prevent a replay of yesterday’s tragedy and all the other similar past tragedies?
Is stricter gun control the answer? What about our mental health system? Are we
utilizing too much outpatient treatment and do not institutionalize more folks? Do
we need more psychological screening in ours schools in an attempt to identify
those with mental illness at an early age?
Sincerely,
Sally S
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