Police officer just days from retirement gunned down in drugs bust - VIDEO

momsoonman..... This is not the right venue to be spewing your diatribe. Remember with reverence, the sacrifice made by this officer and the thousands who went before him and stop spilling your sour grapes on their memory.

89west/bythebay..That is the exception rather than the rule...What I wrote previously is absolutely correct and it is putting many states/cities in near bankruptcy...

Monsoonman.......What a sad and pathetic response to such a tragic death. You must be relieved to know all the officer will now receive is a box and a plot in some lonely cemetery.

Tragic as it is, it does put a spotlight on a major problem throughout the US. At 48 years old this guy was going to reire. W/ present life expectancy/cadillac healthcare plans-it wdn't be surprising to see 50 years of benefits, w/ surviving spouse continuing to get benefits. This is reflective of not just police but many if not most unionized govt employees. States/cities, etc are buckling under the burden of paying for 1 active set of public employees and 4 sets of retired ones. Look around and you will see, who has the leisure, money, time and youth to own & fly private aircraft-boats-travel. In the meantime in the private sector where the money is forcefully taken to afford them this lifestyle, things are grim. But not for govt unionized employees, just look at the GSA party boys and girls. Wages of unionized govt employees are higher than the private sector, many have COLAS in their salaries and when they retire at a very early age they retain most of that salary and all of the bennies. The entitlment mentality on steroids is bankrupting the western world...See Greece if you want to know where we are headed.

This is a reminder of the special risks that police officers take when they put on the uniform. Almost daily, they have to put themselves in situations that most ordinary people face, at most once or twice in their lifetime. People may aske why he was retiring at 48, when the normal retirement age is 65 for most people. Policemen in the UK do a maximum of 30 years service, before retiring, on a very good pension. But like their American counterparts, they face knife and gun-toting villians frequently, and so they deserve their early retirement, as gratidute for the danger they put themselves in on behalf of the public. A great tragedy this gentleman did not make it to enjoy his retirement. Condolences to his family.