I believe in my badge

Daniel T. DuRan tries to sum up the feelings behind the uniform with his poem, “I Believe in the Badge.”

October 14, 2016 04:52 AM •

Uniform Stories Staff

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What beliefs make up a cop?

I Believe

By Daniel T DuRan

I believe in my badge

I believe in the weight of the gun I carry

I believe in the 5am smell, after a rain storm and the city is truly ours as night gives way to day

I believe in the kiss I give my family before I walk out the door

I believe in the kisses I’m given when I return home

I believe in the talks with my crew about nothing that mean everything

I believe in the fear that over takes me every time I get out of my car or walk into a house that is not my own

I believe in the fear of the unknown

I believe in the power to over come my fear and go forward

I believe in good

I believe in evil

I believe in my community

I believe I am a cop

Music: “Lost Frontier” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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