I have sent out cards on behalf of the IAWP familly to each of these persons. Please keep the following in your thoughts as they continue to heal, to grieve, to move forward with loving support of family, friends and with the supportive concern of the entire IAWP family. If we have all of these, we might be good law enforcement officers. I would add one more though, a law enforcement officer must have the perservance and integrity of Paul. Personal integrity is at the center of who we are, and if we lose it , we lose an essential part of our identity.
Personal integrity is the foundation of our professional integrity.
Once cannot have professional integrity without personal integrity. Integrity is about being a whole one. When we have a sense of our own basic commitments, stick to them as well as stick up for them, this is what integrity is all about. To have integrity is to be honest and maintain the public's trust and therefore gain their respect. In doing such, and only then can law enforcement begin to build a partnership to work together as a team, striving for a safer world.