Shreveport Police Officer’s Words Will Move You To Tears

We received this email overnight through our station's website and I'm so glad I took the time to read it. The email is from Brad Sotak who is an officer with the Shreveport Police Department.

Officer Sotak isn't looking for 'press' or recognition but wanted to share some thoughts. In light of the state of our country and what we've had happen right here in our own fair city, his words are particularly poignant. Everyone should take the time to read this and remember everything that our first responders sacrifice in the line of duty! Not only are they working to protect us, they're not just a uniform, they're an individual first.

I AM:

Friend, son, brother, dad

The one who walks in the shadows surrounded by demons, monsters and fiends

The one who sweats in the sun, cries in my car, bleeds in the street and carries more than physical scars

Parent, social worker, savior, scapegoat, victim, trophy

The root of all evil yet the frond of shelter

The warrior that fight for those that cannot

Psychic yet clueless

Preparing for death yet training to live

Burying friends while people cheer

Waking up screaming

Hoping my family sleeps tonight

Hoping this job does not take more than I have

Hoping my angels can fly as fast as I have to drive

Protecting the sheep in spite of the wolves

A bastion of strength, resolve, integrity and sacrifice

Running into danger while others flee

Chasing Goliath, ghosts, bogeymen, dragons...and catching them

The military's 6:00

Living for a strangers smile and wave

The sparkle in a senior citizen's appreciative eye

The schoolyard bragging of a young daughter

The partner to a spouse that's also in the fight

Honored to embrace the trust of my city

Willing to lay down my life for a stranger

Proud to be God's solider

A POLICEMAN!!!