Have You Thanked a Police Officer Lately?

They strap on badges and guns in an effort to carry out a mission to protect and serve. Working long shifts at a job that’s often dangerous, police officers aren’t always thanked for what they do.

The Whole Truth Project hopes to remedy the thankless part with its National Thank a Police Officer Day movement. Saturday is the day that’s been set aside to simply say thanks to the men and women in uniform who do their part to keep communities across the country safe.

The movement is taking off on Facebook where law enforcement agencies throughout the Bay area are taking time out to thank their own and others who protect and serve.

“To our brothers & Sisters in law enforcement, thank you for all you do,” the Sarasota Police Department’s Facebook page says.

Clearwater School Resource Officer Cathi Long received her thanks a little early when Countryside High students created a huge banner in her honor Friday, that agency’s Facebook page points out.

The Whole Truth Project is an effort “dedicated to protecting innocent police officers, wrongfully accused of police misconduct in wrongful conviction lawsuits and other civil rights cases,” its website says. The project is sponsored by Hale Law, a firm that specializes in defending law enforcement officers.

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Photo Credit: Clearwater Police Officer Cathi Long/Clearwater Police Department Facebook page