I know that it’s been nearly a year since we’ve update the blog. I’ve sat down to write a new one at least a thousand times. The problem is that every time I sit down, I learn of another law enforcement officer (LEO) that has been killed in the line of duty. Many of the officers were ambushed. They never had time to react. if we simply look at 2022, we are at 133 lives taken so far this year. That is 133 LEO’s who’ve died in 184 days so far. The break down by month is as follows,

January - 44

February - 31

March - 22

April - 7

May - 10

June - 18

July - 1 (so far)

As a medically retired LEO, every time I hear of another LEO dying, it makes me sick to my stomach. I stop what I am doing a say a little prayer. Then, I do my best to try and find contact Information for the family. We want to try and give a check directly to them. it is also my responsibility to raise money so we can provide some assistance to the family. if you’re reading this, I pray that you’ll consider one of our monthly subscription plans, a one time donation or purchasing some of our merchandise. Every. Single. Dollar. we raise goes directly to help the families of our nation’s heroes who are dealing with the tragic loss or injury. we do NOT have a payroll and what overhead we do have, my wife and I cover.

This past week, the deaths hit a little closer to home. 3 officers/deputies were killed and 5 others injured while serving an order of protection here in Kentucky. this happened in Floyd county. the deaths and injuries have wiped out the city of Prestonsburg’s police department.

Then, a deputy in Yavapai county, Arizona was killed while trying to detain a person suspected of a theft. I got my start in law enforcement with this department. I have friends, close friends, that live in this county. I grew up spending time at my grandparent’s place in Yavapai county. My ties to this place go way back and to think that a deputy from this department was killed just……well it make me want to vomit. Deputy Richard Lopez was by all accounts a great human being. Rest easy Deputy Lopez, we will hold the line from here.

What has happened to this country? When did it become “acceptable” to kill LEO’s simply because they wore a badge? One thing I always found to be a bit funny was that people would hate me (or strongly dislike me) simply because I wore a badge. There has always been some of that, but now its cool to hate cops. Has the killing of cops happened so much that the rest of the county has just become numb to it? is that even possible? Sadly, it seems the answer is yes.

When we look at firefighters, so far year to date, they’ve had 30 deaths that have been considered line of duty. THIRTY! I’ve not been able to track the number of EMT/Paramedics with any reliability or confidence. The U.S. military doesn’t update the year to data until the end of the year. However in 2021 our military had 1,009 deaths. 310 of them were accidents, 13 were as a result of '“hostile actions”, 31 homicides, 235 illness related, 65 are pending and 20 are undetermined.

All in, we have lost 163 heroes (not counting the number of EMT/Paramedics or military in that number.) We, as a country, cannot expect this to be sustainable. Filling open slots in the law enforcement agencies is harder to do right than any other time in our nation’s history. When I entered law enforcement, there were 6-10 applicants for every job posted. we MUST keep fighting the good fight. we MUST “do the right thing”. and insure that the families of these hero’s who’ve given everything, are blessed with help and assistance that insure that they want for nothing. There is no substitute.

I pray that you’ll join us in our commitment that insures the families of these 1st responders will be taken care of. it is honestly that simple. GotUr6org is a 501c3. all donations are tax deductible. Please join our fight. Make a difference in the lives of those family members today.

God Bless

John Pruitt

Founder/President

GotUr6.org

John 15:13