Thank you to police officer for reaching out

Today I’m writing to give the Moses Lake Police Department some great credit and good praises on a job of reaching out to all the community. Now I see what they mean when they say all cops are not bad cops.

Shopping at Walmart last Thursday, a police officer from Moses Lake came near me and started a friendly conversation with me. This police officer was a real and true officer. He should be promoted for his friendly service.

Being African-American, I was so proud of this officer for starting a friendly conversation with me. I wasn’t a threat to this officer; I became an unknown friend to this good officer. He reached out to me and showed me he wanted to be my friend and not my enemy.

When I get my driver’s license I’m going to apply to be a Moses Lake police officer. It’s a great department to work for. The officers are professional and they reach out to all the community including African-Americans.

I don’t know your name, officer, but thank you for reaching out and starting a friendly conversation with me. Myself, I’m guilty of not responding well to your reaching out. I guess at one point I believed the lies saying all cops are bad. But now I see the truth. This Moses Lake police officer showed me not all cops are bad cops. Thank you so much, officer, for opening my blind eyes.

James Earl Jones

Moses Lake