A Police Partner

Dear Friends:

Today an old friend came to visit me while I was outside trying to sell a few guitars. I had not seen him in a while. Years ago I rode shotgun with him in his police car. We were both deputies.

He was probably one of the best partners I ever had. He was not short on nerves. Many a days we walked side by side to arrest armed shooters.

Long ago he was nearly killed. It happened when I was not working with him. He tried to arrest three men while he was off duty and they beat him up very bad actually leaving him for dead.  I had wished I had been been with him. Had I been with him I would have helped him arrest them.

My partner had a relative with him that ran for help instead of helping him. The relative was not trained so I guess he felt like running for help was the best thing to do. 

When I saw my partner in the hospital the physicians had allready replaced part of his skull with some metal. Darn! I wish I would have been there when all that violence happened. I am a peacefull man, thats was why I carried a 357 magnum.

A partner becomes like a brother in police work. It really bothered me when my partner was hospitalized. The three men went to jail for it, but they got slaps on their wrists for it. They said my partner was abusing them. I guess the situation got twisted around.

All I know is that I wish I would have been there. It would not have happened. God Bless