Everyday Heros | Officer Down Mystery Cache
Everyday Heros | Officer Down
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CACHE IS LOCATED AT N44°AB.CDE
W88°FG.HIJ
I am not normally one to use glowing remarks to describe my
feelings for the "boys in blue", having had my share of incidents
that would compel me otherwise. But when I look at the record of
sacrifice these individuals have given for the
well-being of the state of Wisconsin, I can't help but be humbled
and show appreciation of what they've given.
Here are some examples of officers who paid the ultimate price
while serving in the interest of the public good:
A: This son of an officer killed in a hit-and-run, succumbed
to an infection caused by wounds received when he was thrown from
his motorcycle. He died _ days after he was admitted to the
hospital.
B: This officer was killed by friendly fire when he was
mistaken for an assailant as he attempted to make an off-duty
arrest in 197_.
C: This officer died on August 1_th as he was working a
security detail for Calvin Coolidge's presidential parade.
D: The man who killed the aforementioned officer in a
hit-and-run was fined $_00 plus court costs for the crime.
E: The only Wisconsin officer on the memorial site that was
killed by a streetcar was 3_ years old at the time of his
death.
F: _ officers were killed when a helicopter crashed, which
was a _0-year-old army surplus aircraft.
G: This officer died in a railway accident chasing down
vagrants. He'd been with the agency _ years.
H: This officer died while attempting to rescue a drowning
teenage boy. He was with the agency for __ (/2) years.
I: This officer died in a robbery-in-progress when _ bullets
passed through the suspects body's and hit him in the chest.
J: The only bomb incident recorded on the memorial site,
killed _ (-1) officers.
If there is one truism about the sport of Geocaching it is this:
At some point in your caching career you will
be stopped by an officer of the law and questioned about your
questionable activities. Indeed, some of us have been
questioned by local law enforcement dozens of times, including
myself, and it is amazing to me that there are still so many boys
in blue that haven't a clue about the sport and who plays it. And
yet all of my interactions have been positive and perhaps even
persuasive enough to get some of them into the sport.
This cache is meant to highlight those memorable experiences, many
of which we've heard by word of mouth, in cache logs and even in
the WGA forums.
Here's your chance to share your own memorable experiences with the
law. This cache is meant to highlight the positive aspects of
interacting with local law enforcement and not the negative. To log
this cache, you must share, however brief, a story of a geocaching
related encounter with an officer of the law.
Please be judicious about the nature of the story and the language
you use to tell it. I will remove any logs that I perceive to be
slanderous or defaming unless it is merited.
Officer Down
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