Calling all police poets! Police1’s poetry column highlights some of the inspirational, moving and funny poems authored by our readers.
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Chief Ramon D. Gonzalez, a Marine Corps veteran who has spent 19 years in law enforcement and now leads the La Joya (Texas) Police Department, offers a poem for the officers who spend Thanksgiving on patrol instead of at home. Written with the perspective of a parent leaving the warmth of family for the demands of duty, it speaks to the emotional weight many carry as they protect their communities during the holidays.
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