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2 St. Louis police officers shot and wounded; search underway for 2 suspects

JANFU said:
Better link- 3 suspects arrested
Two police officers shot north of downtown St. Louis; suspects at large | FOX2now.com
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As the article said, this is the type of people that police officers come into contact with all the time. We are damned lucky to have brave men and women that voluntarily choose to become police officers to protect us from scum like those that shot these officers.

I hope the best for them both. It sounds like their wounds are not life threatening, but we have no idea about the mental wounds or how their physical wounds will effect their mobility and dexterity, or how much physical therapy will be required. It's sad.

I have a friend that his son (23) who is a police officer in my county was shot in the leg, and it's taken over a year of therapy for him before he could even go on light duty about 6 months ago, and he's had over a dozen surgeries, and is still on light duty.
 
RetiredUSN said:
Parts of the downtown area, and the East St. Louis area are 3rd world.

I hated delivering there when I was over the road.
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Not familiar with the area. But I am a strong supporter of LEO's. Excepting when they break the laws.
My Cousin is an RCMP Officer, was stationed up in northern Canada. Drugs and alcohol abuse rampant and all the ills that go with that. Myself retired from the Military, and being an LEO is something I could not do.
The crap they put up with, well that goes without saying.
 
RetiredUSN said:
Parts of the downtown area, and the East St. Louis area are 3rd world.

I hated delivering there when I was over the road.
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I was based at Scott AFB for my Combat Medic Paramedic Preceptorship, and we would be called out by the East St. Louis EMS and Police to help them transport from gang fights almost every weekend. It gave a hell of good place to train for combat type wound management. There's a heck of lot of similarities between East St. Louis and most any combat zone.
 
JANFU said:
Not familiar with the area. But I am a strong supporter of LEO's. Excepting when they break the laws.
My Cousin is an RCMP Officer, was stationed up in northern Canada. Drugs and alcohol abuse rampant and all the ills that go with that. Myself retired from the Military, and being an LEO is something I could not do.
The crap they put up with, well that goes without saying.
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The only real differences between East St. Louis and the current situation in Aleppo is there's not quite as much rubble and no artillery in East St. Louis. Other than that...
 
Beaudreaux said:
The only real differences between East St. Louis and the current situation in Aleppo is there's not quite as much rubble and no artillery in East St. Louis. Other than that...
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Kerist- must be a nightmare for those living there.
 
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