We all too often are subjected to comparisons between the Military and our Police Departments. Both are trained in and most usually are armed with some weapon or another. They both exist in order to provide protective bodies who act for the individual and for all citizens of our Nation collectively.
Even a Law Enforcement Body like the Chicago Police Department, in which this writer spent 35 years of his adult life, has been highly consistent over the years in spewing out such platitudes of questionable veracity as: "The Chicago Police Department is a Semi-Military Organization." Hmmmmmm, that's very interesting! Let us dissect and examine it a little more closely. You know, get out the old Gilbert Kids' Junior Microscope and look in closer, a lot closer! In the Military, be it our Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, all operations are designed to be conducted in a strictly co-ordinated manner. Thererfore, they move out and proceed to carry out their given orders for a particular mission, all as a cog in the wheel of a greater campaign. Seldem, if ever, do the members of a particular unit, ship or plane realize then just how their action effects the whole big picture.
In Police work, there is a daily grind in an ongoing succession of mostly unrelated occurrences. The guys on the front line, usually called 'Trooper', 'Patrolman' or some such appropriate designation. They mainly do just what the one name implies; namely they go on patrol, looking for trouble spots and particular incidents and remain available to receive assignment to complaints via that marvel invention of the 20th Century, the 2 Way Radio!* The Cops who staff these 'Cruisers' or 'Beat Cars' are usually in two man operations mode, but often are 'riding solo'. And following a daily Roll Call, where their Shift or 'Watch' 'Boss', inspects the personnel, hands out certain assignments, makes any Court Notifications, disseminates crime pattern info and otherwise conducts the on-going Roll Call training. After that, the guys all leave for their particular 'Routes' or 'Beats', at which time until the end of their shifts, THEY ARE VIRTUALLY THEIR OWN BOSS! This is nowhere near being Military-styled activity. If anything, as far as the domestic scene goes, it is our Red-Suspendered friends, the Firemen, who operate in closely coordinated operations, performing under the orders of an Officer of Higher Rank (Lieutennant, Captain, Batallion Chief, Chief, etc.).
This particular episode of "LAW & ORDER:SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" does its best to confuse us and blur the distinctions between that which is Military and that which belongs to Civil Life in the U.S. of A. The purpose of this slant on the War Against Terror, Iraqui Theatre of Operations is to have the public at large make an unfair, skewed assessment of the on-going War there.
The story involves the death of an Iraqui born Naturalized Citizen of the United States who dies because of 'Torture' inflicted on him in a "Super Secret" C.I.A. Prison Camp, while the Doctor who had been present in supervising him, looked on and even tried to help him back in the Island of Manhattan, New York, N.Y.
C'mon, Mr. Dick Wolf, try to keep this anti-War, anti-George Bush excrement out of your stories. There are plenty of angles to pursue in the Police World! (And, by the way, how did this occurrence qualify as a "Sexually Oriented Crime", which is the Critereon for this Unit to exercise and pursue?).
We know that this would be a very different view taken by your Dick Wolf Productions staff if the lives in question were say the product of a "Partial Birth" abortion procedure. That'd be perfectly with the "Liberal" view point, right? Just remember, there is very little in common between Solderin' and Copperin'! And don't you forget that, Mr. Dick Wolf!
This leaves one to wonder, just what would have been the outcome of say WORLD WAR II if such irresponsible behaviour carried on then! Remember the 3,000+ lives lost on 9/11/2001 and the ruination to so many families. This is a real War we're in and don't you forget it!
NOTE: * There was an old Comic Strip from King Features called "Radio Patrol", which centered on the exciting(?)adventures of the Police Cars with 2 way Radios. It was later adapted into a RADIO PATROL(1937) Serial by Universal Pictures and as well as a Radio Show.
Even a Law Enforcement Body like the Chicago Police Department, in which this writer spent 35 years of his adult life, has been highly consistent over the years in spewing out such platitudes of questionable veracity as: "The Chicago Police Department is a Semi-Military Organization." Hmmmmmm, that's very interesting! Let us dissect and examine it a little more closely. You know, get out the old Gilbert Kids' Junior Microscope and look in closer, a lot closer! In the Military, be it our Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, all operations are designed to be conducted in a strictly co-ordinated manner. Thererfore, they move out and proceed to carry out their given orders for a particular mission, all as a cog in the wheel of a greater campaign. Seldem, if ever, do the members of a particular unit, ship or plane realize then just how their action effects the whole big picture.
In Police work, there is a daily grind in an ongoing succession of mostly unrelated occurrences. The guys on the front line, usually called 'Trooper', 'Patrolman' or some such appropriate designation. They mainly do just what the one name implies; namely they go on patrol, looking for trouble spots and particular incidents and remain available to receive assignment to complaints via that marvel invention of the 20th Century, the 2 Way Radio!* The Cops who staff these 'Cruisers' or 'Beat Cars' are usually in two man operations mode, but often are 'riding solo'. And following a daily Roll Call, where their Shift or 'Watch' 'Boss', inspects the personnel, hands out certain assignments, makes any Court Notifications, disseminates crime pattern info and otherwise conducts the on-going Roll Call training. After that, the guys all leave for their particular 'Routes' or 'Beats', at which time until the end of their shifts, THEY ARE VIRTUALLY THEIR OWN BOSS! This is nowhere near being Military-styled activity. If anything, as far as the domestic scene goes, it is our Red-Suspendered friends, the Firemen, who operate in closely coordinated operations, performing under the orders of an Officer of Higher Rank (Lieutennant, Captain, Batallion Chief, Chief, etc.).
This particular episode of "LAW & ORDER:SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" does its best to confuse us and blur the distinctions between that which is Military and that which belongs to Civil Life in the U.S. of A. The purpose of this slant on the War Against Terror, Iraqui Theatre of Operations is to have the public at large make an unfair, skewed assessment of the on-going War there.
The story involves the death of an Iraqui born Naturalized Citizen of the United States who dies because of 'Torture' inflicted on him in a "Super Secret" C.I.A. Prison Camp, while the Doctor who had been present in supervising him, looked on and even tried to help him back in the Island of Manhattan, New York, N.Y.
C'mon, Mr. Dick Wolf, try to keep this anti-War, anti-George Bush excrement out of your stories. There are plenty of angles to pursue in the Police World! (And, by the way, how did this occurrence qualify as a "Sexually Oriented Crime", which is the Critereon for this Unit to exercise and pursue?).
We know that this would be a very different view taken by your Dick Wolf Productions staff if the lives in question were say the product of a "Partial Birth" abortion procedure. That'd be perfectly with the "Liberal" view point, right? Just remember, there is very little in common between Solderin' and Copperin'! And don't you forget that, Mr. Dick Wolf!
This leaves one to wonder, just what would have been the outcome of say WORLD WAR II if such irresponsible behaviour carried on then! Remember the 3,000+ lives lost on 9/11/2001 and the ruination to so many families. This is a real War we're in and don't you forget it!
NOTE: * There was an old Comic Strip from King Features called "Radio Patrol", which centered on the exciting(?)adventures of the Police Cars with 2 way Radios. It was later adapted into a RADIO PATROL(1937) Serial by Universal Pictures and as well as a Radio Show.
