Our Granddaughter and the Sheriff

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Our 4 year old granddaughter, Jazzy has been talking about how she wants to be "a police" when she grows up. She has been arresting bad guys at our house and putting them in jail. We thought this was a good opportunity to get her familiar with the real police and make some new friends. The sheriff here in our town is a friend of ours and we go by and visit with him from time to time. We called him up and told him that we wanted to bring Jazzy by to meet him. He was happy to accommodate us and we set up a time for us to bring her by. When we told her that we were going to the Sheriff's Office and she was going to meet some real police, she was so excited! He and several of his deputies went out of their way to see that Jazz had a good time. She got to sit at his desk, wear his cap and he even had a badge for her. One of the deputies took her outside and let her sit in his car and turn on the lights and siren. She talked about this for a week! Too many kids these day hear bad things about law enforcement and some are even scared of the police. Of course these children probably grow up with parents that are afraid of the police, for good reason, if you know what I mean. I think we should all make a special effort and encourage our children to like and respect our law enforcement. If possible, we need to show our children that the police, sheriff, etc., are here to help and protect us and are not anyone they should be afraid of.