SamT wrote on September 05, 2008 11:06 PM: Enough with the cops-are-heroes tripe.

They're not.

packe wrote on September 05, 2008 06:15 PM: Ricky, one cop to another, you're a hero brother. Congrats on your award you earned just like I earned mine. Don't let the haters get you down.

Hey RJ (Rag Journal) way to enforce your post rules. You let SD post a comment hoping to see a cop murdered, but you've censored me for far less. No media slant here. Most of you cowards wont even post your real names.

Chicano wrote on September 05, 2008 05:49 PM: Let me see! He gets an award for getting injured. I'm glad he lived through this ordeal but to be recognized for risking his life!! Isn't that what he is paid for? I'm a retired police officer from here in the valley and my reward for risking my life was a bi-weekly paycheck and now it's a pension. I am also Latino. I think the LPOA is wrong. No officer should be rewarded for saving his/her own life or for simply surviving an injury.

Retired wrote on September 05, 2008 03:50 PM: The darker the skin the deeper the bias.

Proud 702 citizen wrote on September 05, 2008 02:48 PM: You people really need to get a hold of yourselves. When you are being assaulted, who will you call? The police, right? If a Hispanic officer arrives to save your butt will you say to him (or god forbid, her) that you would rather wait for a white officer to respond.

Also you should probably learn to spell, it's RACIST. It is obvious that you hold a grudge toward minorities or else you would not have called yourself "white officer assoc."

Get a hold of yourself and learn to spell. Come on people learn some humility and congratulate this officer for a job well done. It does not matter who gives this officer this award, he is still a hero for the simple fact that he still puts on his uniform every day, despite being shot 6 TIMES! This officer is a true hero in my eyes.

white officer assoc. wrote on September 05, 2008 12:54 PM: I wish the Latino officer's association would honor me for my heroism. Oh wait, I'm not latino, I'M WHITE! So they honor him because of his skin color?
To balance this I will start a European Officer's associatin and just honor those whites out there. Oh, I can't do that because that would be percieved as being RASICT!
The LOA, BOA and the ASA are all racist hypocrites! For you moron liberals out there BOA means Black Officer's association and ASA means Asian Officer's.

Virga wrote on September 05, 2008 12:36 PM: Latino Peace Officers. Thats a good idea. We could hire them from Mexico. They would work a lot cheaper and do the jobs that American policemen do not want to do. No retirement no insurance, of cource American policemen would be taxed more to pay for larger schools and free medical care. American policemen would be require to learn Spanish so to communicate with the Mexicans.

Then with their anchor babys they could draw the S.S. that the American policemen paid for.

Mike K. wrote on September 05, 2008 12:22 PM: sd,

Won't it be so ironic that at the first sign of trouble that your first call will be to Metro to ask for help? And by that way if you had put your sub-par reading skills to use and actually read the article, you would have noticed that a private group (National Latino Peace Officers Association) is giving him the award.

To Officer Lara, I'm happy that you came through this ordeal safely and congratulations on the award.

sd wrote on September 05, 2008 11:55 AM: What a waste of taxpayers time and money. No doubt he'll get a pay raise.
Too bad he wan't shot with teflon coated bullets. That would have stopped this clown.

Next time aim for the head.
Just another bad cop who lucked out.
Give him his lolly pop and send him on his way.

mission031 wrote on September 05, 2008 11:50 AM: As expected, I see all of the "haters" don't have a lot to say. In fact, many of you probably don't even recall this story from last year. And you know why? It's because the story speaks of true heroism displayed by a police officer. And for some reason, that doesn't get reported on often. This case involved a cowardly suspect who was hoping to take out as many officers as he could...and you know what, he failed.

And do you know what the officer is doing today? I'll tell you, he's still patroling the streets, going call to call and doing his job at making a difference.

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