Jake’s Life

Early Sunday morning a Seattle PD officer was killed. He was young–26–a month or two out of FTO and on his own, and killed by someone driving 80 MPH on a residential street. This person also had multiple warrants for their arrest, prior criminal record, and lied at the scene saying she wasn’t the driver. This is all I am going to say about the offender, as even though I have very strong convictions I also have restraint.

Washington is lucky in the sense that we don’t lose many officers…certainly not as often as other states. The bad part is that it hits hard when it does happen. No, I’m not LE yet, and no I didn’t know him, but I can’t help but think if that happens to me, or a friend who is LE. These are the risks that officers take each and every day. Many people recognize the risk they take concerning crime, gunfire, pursuits, fights, stabbings, etc., but what about the everyday tragedies that occur? This could have been anyone who was killed, but it wasn’t just anyone. It was a police officer.