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Post by bobbbiez on Feb 26, 2011 17:43:08 GMT -5
 A local Rome police officer, Officer Donald Moore, has been nominated for an award from "America's Most Wanted All-Star." What a honor but well deserved by Officer Moore. He saved several lives in the AT&T store last spring when he fatally shot a gunman who opened fire in the NY Mills store. The voting is ending this Sunday (tomorrow) if you would like to vote for Officer Moore and help him bring home the honor to our area. To vote for Moore visit: www.amw.com/allstar/2011 and enter "Moore" into the search box to find his profile. Win or lose just being nominated is a great honor and Officer Moore is a hero in all our eyes. Lets give him the support he deserves and cast your vote for this fine Officer. ;D One local reporter is taking this one step further in investigating the split-second decision police officers have to make in the course of doing their jobs...such as whether or not to shoot someone. The UPD is going to show her firsthand exactly what they're up against in having to make a life or death decision by taking her to experience the shooting simulator our police use for training. She will be writing another article once she does this. I will guarantee you she will have a whole different outlook and respect for police officers when she goes through this experience. Ralph and I experienced this in the Citizen's Police Academy and it opened up everyone's eyes to just how extremely difficult this is for officers. I don't care how well one shoots a gun because it's not just about how well one shoots. In these life situations with people moving around, some innocent by-standers present, and having to keep track of everyone while you're being attacked in one form or another and make a decision in split-seconds whether to shoot or not, the best of shooters will f**k up. I guarantee you that. In fact I'm willing to stake my life on it. Can't wait till this reporter has this experience. She will be just another citizen who will learn a greater respect for our police officers and learn not to judge so quickly. I know that as fact. 
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 1, 2011 1:37:58 GMT -5
Just want to inform all that you can still cast one vote "everyday" until the voting ends, so continue to vote every day if you'd like to see our local hero, Officer Moore, bring home the honor. ;D Cast your votes at: www.amw.com/allstar/2011The voting ends in April.
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Post by realist13413 on Mar 1, 2011 11:34:42 GMT -5
There is no doubt his quick thinking saved lives that day. I really believe everything happens for a reason - how amazingly lucky that he was there then and that he was armed.
I have a great deal of respect for PD's and FD's - as my brother oftens says, they run in while everyone else is running out.
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 1, 2011 23:13:27 GMT -5
How true, how true.  I have the utmost respect for both the police and firemen. They do jobs that most don't want or would never even consider. Going to work every day knowing you might not return home and never knowing what they might face every day takes a special breed for sure. My brother-in-law, Joe Price, was a Utica fireman. In his years of fighting fires and pulling people out of burning homes received many awards for bravery. He never made it to his retirement. Joe passed away three years ago of lung cancer. He never smoked a day in his life. He was the last surviving firemen who was in the toxic fire at the old GE building on Board St. All including the police and firemen's chaplain, Father Looney, all died very young because of the toxic fumes they inhaled while fighting that fire. Like I said, all these brave men, policemen and firemen, never know what they might be facing and earned the respect they should be given.
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Post by stoney on Mar 2, 2011 14:12:41 GMT -5
I also have the utmost respect for them. Besides, there's just something about those uniforms. I think it's the service belts.  |
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 2, 2011 19:32:03 GMT -5
lol! That too Stoney. I'll never forget when my son, Anthony, first became a cop and was patrolling around UFA on foot. He was leaning over talking to someone in a car who he had just stopped by the traffic light when my daughter and her girlfriends were walking down the street toward him and my daughter said to her girlfriends, "wow, look at the a** on that cop." She was so embarrassed when "that" cop stood up, turned around and she saw it was her brother. ;D Women do love seeing a man in uniform.
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 11, 2011 22:07:53 GMT -5
Just a reminder.... to help Rome Officer Donald Moore become one of the finalist in American Most Wanted Hero....we have to continue to vote "every" day until April. You can vote no matter where you live and you can vote once a day. If you want to help him receive this honor please cast your votes at: www.amw.com/allstar/2011Enter "Moore" in the search box to find his profile and then vote. Only takes a few seconds to cast a vote. Lets give him the support he gave his community in his heroic actions. ;D
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Post by JGRobinson on Mar 27, 2011 6:41:10 GMT -5
He is a hero,
I thinks its tougher and more dangerous to fight to maintain the peace sometimes than to wage an all out war. At least when I have my K-Pot on my head and My Flack Vest on, I know its because someone probably is going to try to kill me, I'm prepared. These folks go out and play Russian roulette every day and even on their off time.
He gets my vote!
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A local Rome police officer, Officer Donald Moore, has been nominated for an award from "America's Most Wanted All-Star." What a honor but well deserved by Officer Moore. He saved several lives in the AT&T store last spring when he fatally shot a gunman who opened fire in the NY Mills store.
