I recently wrote about the staggering ignorance of officials in two American counties. One in New York and the other in California. They have instituted policies excluding ICE agents from their jails. I’ve tried to emphasize how politicians need to understand the special link that connects police officers, nationwide.
I pointed out that the political officials running these jails were not accounting for the extraordinary bond that exists in law enforcement. What does it look like when a deputy sheriff has to tell a fellow law enforcement officer to “get out of his house?” For a sheriff or county executive to create a policy that puts cops in this position is despicable.
One tragic incident from earlier this month on I-20, in Taylor County, Texas illustrates this unique cop-connection. According to KCBD 11, 49-year-old, 16-year veteran United States Border Patrol Agent Donna Doss was killed in the line of duty. A car driven by a 74-year-old man struck and killed Agent Doss. Police took the driver into custody. The incident is under investigation.
So, what task was Agent Doss performing that night? Was she pursuing some of those illegal immigrants the left encourages to enter the U.S. unlawfully? No. Was she, as the left likes to twist it, helping rip babies from their mother’s arms at the border? No. She wasn’t doing that either.
Agent Doss was doing what cops do. She responded to provide back-up for a Texas state trooper on a traffic stop. I’m sure the agent was monitoring the Texas DPS frequency, heard the trooper go out on the stop, and then went to back her fellow officer. The passing car struck her after she’d gotten out of her patrol vehicle to assist the trooper. In doing so, she paid the highest price any officer can pay when backing a brother or sister cop.
This exemplifies the relationship between law enforcers —in this case, a federal agent and a state trooper— that politicians need to understand before they implement insane, politically partisan policies. Especially policies that endanger this distinctive and essential relationship.
