Law Enforcement Enquirer

For anyone that saw her appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, you know where our next guest stands on our profession and the stressors that plague the American police officer.

If you wear a shield or love someone who does, this is a must tune in.

Thursday 5/20/21
8-10PM.

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Dear LeBron James:

Imagine if law enforcement officers had as much time to make a decision in a life or death situation as you do about a tweet?

Sincerely,

Michael J. Burke
President/ Founder
Brothers Before Others

For anyone that had been following the drama around the Long Island Nursery, Decker's Nursery and their alleged denial for FD usage of their lot, below is the statement from their owner.....

Before reading, please understand that, while Brothers Before Others will ALWAYS advocate for our profession and our families, we, as law enforcement professionals, must be very careful to not become what we hate.

In addressing disrespect, do so in a manner that is appropriate and befitting the respect that you would want shown to our profession.

Any and all calls for violence or comments on their “customer service” when you clearly have never been there nor even live in the state makes us all look like ignorant bullies.

Appropriately address disrespect at every turn. Now more than ever. APPROPRIATELY.

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Below is a statement from Conrad Decker, our owner, to our local community.

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Hello, my name is Conrad Decker and I’m the owner of Decker’s Nursery. I wanted to take a minute to address a situation that has arisen in the past 24 hours that has quickly put our organization in the middle of quite a bit of discussion online. I’d like to try and provide a little more context so everyone has all of the information about what transpired.

Before I get too far along, however, I personally want to send my heartfelt condolences to the family of slain officer Anastasios Tsakos. While we do not know him or his family personally, based on the outpouring of support, it’s obvious that he was a great man, a great father and a great police officer. It is truly a tragedy and our prayers are with his family and the NYPD as we’re sure everyone is suffering from his loss.

Additionally, please let me clear up one very important point. I am NOT “anti-cop” and the Decker’s Nursery organization as a whole does not support “anti-cop” sentiment in any way, shape or form. If you’ve known us for any amount of time, you know we are in fact supporters of our local law enforcement officers, our first responders and our active military and veterans. We often try to find ways to give back to them when we can. We believe they are one of a kind individuals and we appreciate the work that they do. Unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of incorrect information being shared that has framed this situation as one that is anti-cop and I assure you that is not the case.

I’d like to provide a little bit of backstory. Late last week we were informed by the local fire department that they would be shutting down Pulaski Road for upwards of two days and that we would be forced to close our business during that time. In our industry, this is the busiest time of year and as a business, we provide jobs to a large number of staff who rely on their employment with us to support their families. This business is our livelihood and the way that it was presented to us left us with a lot of concerns. I was genuinely concerned about the outcome of being forced to turn customers away for two days. We were then asked if we would be willing to allow the Fire Department to use our parking lot during this time for the funeral procession.

What resulted was unfortunate. My response to that request was driven by an emotional, knee jerk reaction. I was just told that I was going to be non-operational for two days and I was frustrated and upset and, at the time, I was unwilling to co-operate. This was not an anti-cop issue, it was a small business owner trying to stay in business issue.

I realize that my emotions got the best of me and that my response lacked compassion and understanding for what these officers are going through. I admit that I could have handled the situation better and for that, I’m truly sorry. My intention was not to be disrespectful.

Not long after this, we began receiving a number of threats to our business and staff. For safety reasons, we temporarily parked our trucks, overnight, in our front lot to prevent this from escalating any further.

I have already reached to our local Fire Department and we are on good terms. We have offered to allow them to park their trucks in our lot if they need to and they have provided support in return.

Decker’s Nursery has been a part of the Greenlawn, Huntington and larger Suffolk County community for 12 years now. We understand why this situation would cause disappointment but we truly hope that you’ll allow us to earn back your trust and respect.

Quick there must be some way to blame this on the guns or better yet racist cops.......
Stand by while we call Le Bron he 'll know what to do .

Full Circle G*Y you bunch of mutants!

Police officers speaks about Chauvin verdict and Makiah Bryant shooting www.egardwatches.com

Oh the irony 🤣

Huh?

This just in .....

**KLeBRON

If ANYTHING other than a full exoneration and apology to the officer who saved a life by shooting Ma’khia Bryant takes more than a week to happen, this job is dead. Every police officer in the country should throw their belts on the ground a simply walk away.