I am a member of the police officer support team commonly called post post offers support to police families not just the officer involved but also partners of officers that are injured hurt in the line of duty or go through a traumatic incident we also provide support um both emotional and uh workplace support for family members spouses children um the whole police family I've been a member of the police officer support team for the last four years and have served on the executive board and helped officers through not just me but collectively the team of 50 police officers civilians uh dispatchers telecommunicators we have a very wide cadr of uh experience on the police officer support team including spouses of members we can thereby provide uh the type of support that officers need when they go through troubled times such as this incident I can't talk specifically about that officer I can't tell you that throughout the department throughout the police World we've felt a huge outpouring of support it affects all of us these are our brothers and sisters that go out every day 24 hours a day 7 days a week holidays included we're out there protecting the public and when something like this happens it hits all of us very close to home because it could be any one of us at any time just checking something on the computer computer or writing a parking ticket and we're faced with a horrific experience the dangers of the job when something like this happens we work right with the family spouses girlfriends children mothers fathers including the extended police family the partners the supervisors uh dispatchers that take the call can't forget about them they're the ones that are hearing this on the radio and trying to get help and get there and be there as fast as they can um it's very trying for everyone but by working together and being part of this team it helps people get through the trouble times Frank um he was one of my students in the academy he has also served um in a number of capacities he was in the US Army and served as an as a ranger so he's dedicated his life to public service and I ask the community to provide any information to this fine officer and the members of the police department we can apprehend these guys that are involved in this incident a standup guy always does the right thing for the right reasons um very honorable again he's dedicated his life to public service through the military and through the police department so I think we as a community owe it not just to him but all of our fellow police officers did whatever we can to help Provide support to the family to try and apprehend the suspect involved in this well we investigate everything 150% and this one when it hits close to home makes us work just as hard or even harder to try and apprehend them so yeah it does it bother us yeah but we want to do things by the numbers do it correctly and get the proper people in custody I don't want to go too much in depth of Direct Services that are provided but we do offer peer support sometimes it's just a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen to other times it's getting members and their families to support services whether it's counseling therapy people tend to forget that behind this blue uniform and behind this badge are human beings with Ames and feelings and when something like this happens it it hurts us in a way that's almost Indescribable it so yeah we do provide a number of those different types of services and it's part of a team it's not just one person who is post it's a collective of people who care about supporting their peers um members of the team again are all from different roles within the department supervisors police AIDS dispatchers civilians spouses where we can reach our extended family on a level that they need so we can provide help because somebody like Frank has always done the right thing do the noble thing and turn yourself in you're just making it worse by staying out there and trying to hide from what happened just answer up for it and turn yourself in please and family members of the suspect or suspects at large do the right thing for their benefit benefit give us a call the contact phone number is 9357 360 there's somebody there 24 hours a day to take any calls or information [Music]