My wife is now done!

NeoBlackdog · July 14, 2021 02:05

As of 1800 Pacific Time my wife is officially done. After 31 years of law enforcement (6 with the county, 25 with the city) today is her last day of work. She 'officially' retires on the 31st but she had enough leave time built up that she's taking the rest of the month off.

She's been a patrol officer, a K-9 officer, a detective, worked undercover with the regional drug task force, was a door kicker on the SWAT team, then (when she out shot all the guys!) a sniper for the SWAT team. She eventually formed the regional Crisis Negotiating Team and headed it up for the last 8 years or so.

She'll be retiring as the Senior Patrol Sergeant and the #3 person in the department, behind the Chief and the Lt.

I cannot begin to tell you all what a relief it is to have her off the street! When she'd work nights (6p to 6A) it was really nerve wracking. Every time I'd hear a siren I'd wonder if that was the night I'd be getting "the call". Days for some reason didn't seem as bad. I never had a scanner in the house. I didn't want to know what was going on because I know that if she had gotten into a bad situation I would have shown up armed to the teeth and probably wound up in jail myself.

At the end of the month we'll pack up the U-Haul 'em truck and move the rest of our stuff up here to Montana and hopefully live out long and happy lives minding our own damn business.

Thank you, Lord, for getting her through relatively unscathed.

My wife is now done!

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