My LEO was born a cop. Some just are. Some find their calling or path along the way, but I know undoubtedly that mine was put on this earth to be a police officer. It is the only thing he’s ever wanted to be or do with his life other than being a father. From a little boy playing “Chips” on his bicycle, to being on the motorcycle team today, this has been his calling.

As most officers do, my LEO works long hours. A 10 to 12 hour day on that bike in the summer heat…wearing a bullet-proof vest…carrying 30 pounds of gear on his duty belt that kills his back…it’s exhausting (and quite smelly by the end of it). Is that part of the job? Yes. Is that his choice? Yes.

Are people rude to him? Yes. Do citizens call him names? Yes. Does it come with the territory? Unfortunately, yes.

Then, there’s gun qualifications, motorcycle training, regular skills trainings, emergency response team training, report writing courses, equipment trainings, computer classes…this list goes on. Is that part of the job? Most definitely, yes.

After almost 30 years in law enforcement, our family is experiencing something ugly and new. My LEO received an anonymous threat and it was sent to our home. There are too many personal details about him and our family in the note for his department to not take it seriously and they are doing what they can to help and investigate it.

Maybe we will never hear from this coward again. Maybe we will never know who sent it. But unfortunately, the note has done its job…our family is rattled and unsettled….and honestly, just creeped out.

No one can possibly convince me that this is what he, or any other LEO signed up for.

I'm clinging to the promise of Deuteronomy 31:6 and thought it was a verse that maybe we all need to be reminded of today.

"Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave or forsake you."