Police Beat Article Response

It's hard to read articles like this because, typically, on a day-to-day basis, people don't think about the hardships police officers face when called to a crime scene. Like the saying goes, out of sight out of mind. We don't think about the gruesome fatalities that are present at the crime scene. We don't think about the dangers of working with criminals and armed suspects. Reading this article brought forth the extreme and terrifying aspects of working in the police force. It was hard to read at times, especially about the teenager whose head rolled away from her body and steam was coming from the neck. I can't imagine the stress it puts on these individuals who face scenes like this everyday. I agree that it should be mandatory for officers to have to attend therapy to talk to someone to deal with these brutal events.