sad day in york

You don't hear a lot of "our cops are tops rah, rah" in York Region, nor do you hear choruses of naysayers' complaints about the men and women in black that so many other police services receive. My personal view is that it's because we have a generally well respected, honourable police force doing pretty well at a job most of us would never contemplate for ourselves. It's a young police force, multi-racial and well-led by most accounts. They treat us well; they deserve and get our support, albeit quiet.

It's especially sad, therefore, when one of them is killed in the line of duty. To the family of the officer fatally injured this morning in what should have been a routine traffic-check (as yet unidentified, by request), sincere sympathy. To the fellow officers and commanders, sincere condolences. The dark rain clouds hanging over York Region this morning express our mood on this sad day.