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The Thin Line and Thrill of Policing 0:13 A lot of times you'll hear, people say police officers say there's a thin line between being a police officer and a criminal. And the best police officers in the world are the guys who grew up not0:24 always doing the most wholesome things in the world because that allows us to recognize bad behavior because you grow up in in that culture a little bit. Now don't get me wrong. There was a good0:36 side of me. I wanted to, take care of people who couldn't take care of themselves. But I also know that there was a big thrill that came along with chasing bad guys down, going in foot0:48 pursuits. You wanna get into a fight? Absolutely. Let's go. As I look back, I realized that all through that time, god was still molding me. Even though I was doing stupid stuff, even though I was1:00 doing ungodly stuff, even though I was doing stuff that I knew deep down in my core was wrong, God was still there molding me and taking me along the1:12 process. My journey, you know, began a long time ago, and I want guys to understand that are in my that are in police work and stuff. It it's a long journey.Facing Temptations and Emotions 1:24 We run into a lot of temptations, and we're not perfect and we fall. But the most important thing is that we get back up. We acknowledge that we've fallen, and we try and make ourselves better.1:36 Because we are in a job where there are so many temptations, and our emotions can get into it. And it's not only the temptations part, but when you get some guy who just beat up his grandmother1:48 and your emotions get the best of you and you take that guy and you and you start putting him through the wall for what he did to to his grandmother, or you get somebody who abused a baby and you start ripping2:00 their head off, you gotta remember that that may not be exactly right, but we are human and we need to learn from it, grow from it, ask for forgiveness, and2:12 move forward in it. Learning how to separate work from home and learning how God is involved in all of that and can get you level and focusFaith, Purpose, and Godly Mentorship 2:24 is gonna be the most important thing you can do. Because your job is so small when it comes to the overall picture of what you're really here for. And you're here to be a leader, you're here to be a man of God,2:36 and you're here to set that example and to plant those seeds so that other guys can come to you. Somebody once asked me, what would have been the biggest difference in your career if you could have had 1? And it would2:47 have been to have a guy like me, as I was at the end of my career, mentoring the younger guys when I was at the beginning. Because at the beginning of my career, drinking, partying, women. If I would have had a role2:59 model that was Jack, kick ass police officer, going out there, arresting people, getting into every every kind of, instance you can get into, and being a man of3:11 God, that's the guy that I would have followed. And that's what we need more of in police work and in in in firework, you know. Nozzleheads, you guys need it too. Okay.In this video 0:00 The Thin Line and Thrill of Policing1:15 Facing Temptations and Emotions2:16 Faith, Purpose, and Godly Mentorship
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