Most Boys in Blue are Good

**Dana Jean** · November 29th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/ny...mid=tw-nytimes

**Becks19** · November 29th, 2012

Dana, I was just going to post this, it made me cry in a good way. Bless this kind and compassionate man!

**Out of Order** · November 29th, 2012

New York's Finest!!

**Shasta** · November 29th, 2012

This did make me cry. Thank you so much for posting it. There is so much good in police officers and yet the media always latches on to the bad. Thank you.

**Neesy** · November 29th, 2012

"This did make me cry"
Hey Shasta - maybe you are pregnant already! All those hormones make women weepy

**mjs9153** · November 29th, 2012

Way to go Officer DePrimo..

**Vose** · November 29th, 2012

I'm not sure I see what him being a police officer has to do with the story. I think that I'd rather think of him as a representative of the good that lives in all humanity - to me it's more heartwarming that way.

**Shasta** · November 29th, 2012

Originally Posted by Vose

I'm not sure I see what him being a police officer has to do with the story. I think that I'd rather think of him as a representative of the good that lives in all humanity - to me it's more heartwarming that way.

We had a conversation on here recently about a cop using force and if it was perceived as too much or not. I think there's a lot of bad press given to police and this just helps fight that.

But I agree, he is just a good man in general.

**Todash** · November 30th, 2012

Originally Posted by Vose

I'm not sure I see what him being a police officer has to do with the story. I think that I'd rather think of him as a representative of the good that lives in all humanity - to me it's more heartwarming that way.

Well ... cops get a lot of bad press. (As they should, in my opinion, if it's deserved; if you don't want "the time"--your uniformed self out on YouTube shown abusing your power plus the subsequent punishment by your department--then don't do "the crime.") It seems reasonable to me to show the other side of the story too.

**staropeace** · November 29th, 2012

When I managed a homeless shelter, we were right across from the cop shop. An RCMP officer came over one night and offered a pair of boots to one of our homeless men. On payday, the mounties would all chip in to give us some money for the tobacco fund.....we offered free tobacoo when we had money...I know it is not good stuff but a lot of them smoked and that was their only recreation sorta. They also contributed to the personal items we put in the clients xmas stockings and things like that....sock, mitts, deoderant. Most cops are wonderful people.