It's funny, when I was a young man I would have likely been distrustful of police. This is because I was likely up to no good at times. Now as an adult, when I see a police officer I feel reassured. I know that my family and I are likely to be safer because they're around.

To abuse power is not something unique to police officers, humans in all walks of life abuse power. When someone is given power whether it be a manager at a McDonald's, a Wall Street mogul, or a police officer there are always temptations and potential rewards that lend cause to abuse this power.

Human beings are imperfect, some of us are racist, some of us are sexist, and some of us are just plain foul. Police officers are humans, and as such they can be horrible, they can be wonderful, they can be somewhere in between. That's how I see police, as people. At nighttime, when I am walking down the street in a city I'm unfamiliar with, I always feel better seeing a police officer.

I wish your father the best, I wish your family the best and I would thank him for his service to this community if I were to meet him. But that's just me.