Police Chaplain

Recently I have been doing some binge watching of a TV show called "Crime Beat". It is a Canadian show that features stories of past crimes in our country. I have yet to see an episode on a tragic event that occurred on September 12, 2022, and involved the murder of a Toronto Police officer. My interest comes from the fact that for many years I was a Chaplain with Toronto Police Service, meaning I got close to many officers over the years. This story is about the day when a cop was killed simply for wearing a police uniform. I would be involved in the aftermath simply because I made myself available, something I had learned to do a few years earlier during the Yonge Street van attack that killed 11 people. No police were killed on that day but the dead and injured bodies on those sidewalks affected many First Responders for years to come. Having one of your own killed, is a whole different level of trauma. I apologize in advance because much of what I write here involves my p...