Wrote by Trooper Michael Eckhardt when he was still at the APD! **Language warning**

This was wrote by Michael Eckhardt on his myspace back when he was still working at the APD. Still true today and is exactly how I feel! Thanks for speaking your mind Mike!



I would really like some feedback on this from everyone if I could. I have noticed recently that due to the local police doing their jobs, people are getting pissed off. There are numerous websites that say there are former law enforcement officers who say legalize all drugs (prove they were really cops,the sites are not from a credible source) stop prohibition, and there are even some who say that the local law enforcement violates peoples rights here locally, and that we are picking on them. They say that there is no victims to drug use, that the ending of prohibition is what will save our nation, and so on. First I would like to say that the argument on prohibition ending would relinquish power from drug lords and dealers to the governments hands would control who is able to get/use the drugs, and keep them out of youngsters hands. First example on this line of BS. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. How on earth (if marijuana, meth, cocaine, and so on is legalized if prescription meds, alcohol, and tobacco is a problem with all ages), does one presume that they can control newly legalized things. Oh I know make the laws stricter. NO. Then everyone will bitch about the laws on it being too strict, and that it is now their freedom to use it however they want and at whatever age they want. When people bitch about the legalization of narcotics, they only look at the one side, and that is the side that benefits whatever they want. And as I learned a long time ago, if you want a valid and solid argument, you have to look at both sides. But there are even older people who are still to immature to understand this. I understand they think that it is a victimless crime, and that if they want to get high, that it is their perrogitave. Thats fine and all, but what do you see in most poverty stricken homes, or better yet, WHY they are poor, or they have lost their kids, or their kids have no electricity, no clean clothes, and their teeth are rotted? A majority of the time the parents are addicted to drugs, and their children come second, or not at all, to their chemical dependancy. That is the victim....society, chidren, people who want a safe neighborhood. Drugs are statistically shown to raise crime rates, is associted with guns, rape and so on. Look at alcohol, after prohibition ended, did it really fix anything? look how many deaths there are each year from alcohol related incidents.....now add narcotics to that. It is scary. Also people think there are no hard criminals in Alva. There are. A lot of people simply don't know everything that goes on. They would have to take the time to put down the pipe, and get out into the real world. Work, and be productive people.

My next gripe is simple......why do people think that it is the law enforcement that makes drugs illegal. Evidently their brainis too fucking fried to understand that police enforce the laws, not make them. If they want crap to change, don't accuse the police of being corrupt because your dumass got caught and you don't want to blame yourself, and it is just easier to blame the police. Change the laws by talking to our lawmakers. Once again, police don't make the laws. Police are not perfect either. Thats all I see hear about is that "yeah that dumass cop locked his keys in his car" or " did you see that Officer Joe got into a car wreck, hes supposed to be the one who is making our streets safe". Police are people too. Every human makes mistakes. How many times have you or a close friend locked themselves out of their car? Its because your human. You never hear about the Officer that solved someones problem, or worked an auto accident. Who else would do it? What about the Officer that found your runaway child? What about the one that simply listened to your problem and seemed genuinely concerned? How often fo you hear that? NEVER. Its because people would rather bitch than be thankful for what they do have.

On my final note, if you want to do drugs, fine. Just dont bitch if you get caught. It was your own dumass that got you into the mess, get yourself out. Dont look for anyone to blame but yourself. I am not going to argue that yes there are bad cops out there. ONes that kill, steal, rape and so on......but before calling someone a bad cop, get proof, 9 times out of 10 your going to deal with a good person who is just doing their job.

A job well done

First of all let me start by saying that being a Police Officer is at most time not a very rewarding job. This last week a person had some guns stolen and thru good police work done by several agency the guns have been found and there are people behind bars. It feels really good when things finally work out for the good guys! There are so many times that stolen things are never recovered and the people are never caught and it begins to get you down. You begin to suspect everyone and forget that there are still good people out there. I feel very rewarded this week because of a job well done! I am proud of those who helped, you know who you are!!

My rant about this weather!

Okay so if you live in Oklahoma and watched the news today, you saw the ice storm 2010! What makes me mad about all this is all day long News Channel 4 says that we were getting snow and there was more to come. Well Ryleigh kept hearing that we were getting snow and would run to the window and be disappointed!! Not only that, if there is anything going on in the City we are just out of luck about getting information about us. It just makes me mad! I understand that there are a lot of people in the City and I have no problem with that being there top priority, but at least give us a mention every once in a while and when you do make sure your information is right!

Pictures of 2009

I have made a slideshow of some of my favorite pictures that I have take in 2009. Tell me what you think.

If the slideshow is taking forever to load back out of the blog and then come back. Not real sure why its doing that, but this should help.

Buying some cows

Okay so the next step in my new adventure of being a "farmer" is buying a couple of cows. This should prove to be quite the experience for me, I've never been to a sale.

Anyway I still don't know if anyone looks at this blog, so if you do please leave a comment with your name on this post!

Wish me luck!


--->So I went to the sale and when I got there it was over. The owner said it was his last sale and everyone went home! So NO COWS FOR NOW!

Farmer Ben

So my father-in-law introduced me to home grown beef when I married into the family and I hate to eat anything store bought. That being said, I'm almost out of beef! So Dad and I decided that we would build a corral and buy a couple of calves to feed them out. So I went to Denny and Vickie's (my in-law's house) and helped Dad build the corral. I got to set corner posts, weld steel posts together, stretch barbed wire and even drive the tractor, when I could get Mason away from the wheel. I felt like a real farmer! I would love to have some land of my own (Marissa and I's dream). Anyway I got home tonight and feel like I have really accomplished something! Hopefully I can buy a couple of steers at the sale tomorrow!

Marathon

So for my first post, after the post telling you I am back, I want to tell you about my latest quest. My brother, who runs most every day, has talked me into running the OKC marathon.

If you want to learn more about it the website is http://www.okcmarathon.com/

So anyway I am only running the half and haven't even really committed to that other than giving my brother my word, which I would like to believe is still good for something. So I started running. I ran the first time 01/14/10 and ran 3/4 of a mile before giving in to the pain. It took me 12 minutes. Last night I was bound and determined to run 1.5 miles, which I did and it took me 19 minutes so I am improving. Tonight I am going for 2 miles and would like to see is in around 23 minutes. I will let you know how that goes.

If you are asking yourself, why in the world is he doing this, well I can answer that in a few short words. The number 3 killer of cops is heart attacks. I want to do everything I can do to spend more time with my family even if that means running!

Inspired

Okay so I've been reading thru some other peoples blog including my niece Chels's which is, http://chelseadartlon.wordpress.com/ (side note, she is an amazing writer and you should check her blog out and tell her I sent you) and it inspired me to write my own blog. I told Marissa about wanting to write on a blog again and she said use the one you've already got, so here it goes.

Just so you know a lot of things have changed in my life since the last time I wrote on this blog, such as kids growing up and becoming the Assistance Chief of Police at the Alva Police Department. So my post will more then likely be completely different then they were before. Oh and btw, I am a cop not an English teacher so yes there will be lots of mistakes and there is no need for you to point them out!

He's here!!

and he is quite the big boy!!

10 lbs 2 oz and 22 inches long!!

He is completely different from his older PROUD sister!

39 weeks

How your baby's growing: Your baby's ready to greet the world! He continues to build a layer of fat to help control his body temperature after birth, but it's likely he already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds. (Boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls.) Your baby's organs are fully developed and in place, and the outer layers of skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.