Blake Cook

You can't think about that. You can't dwell on that, kid. That's horrible. But how do I know the next call is me not dealing with somebody that's going to try to kill me? I have to be mentally sharp to deal with the next call. Once you get in your car and that call's over, put your head on the steering wheel, let out a big old nice scream, and push on. Because guess what?

You can't think about that. You can't dwell on that, kid. That's horrible. But how do I know the next call is me not dealing with somebody that's going to try to kill me? I have to be mentally sharp to deal with the next call. Once you get in your car and that call's over, put your head on the steering wheel, let out a big old nice scream, and push on. Because guess what?

The next call is somebody else is having their very worst moment of their life that you are responding to. Every call is somebody's worst moment of their life. And every call, you should treat it as if it's your first call of the day. because they deserve that. They're calling you at their worst time.

The next call is somebody else is having their very worst moment of their life that you are responding to. Every call is somebody's worst moment of their life. And every call, you should treat it as if it's your first call of the day. because they deserve that. They're calling you at their worst time.

The next call is somebody else is having their very worst moment of their life that you are responding to. Every call is somebody's worst moment of their life. And every call, you should treat it as if it's your first call of the day. because they deserve that. They're calling you at their worst time.

I never got a phone call for somebody to come tell me I was doing a great job or somebody to cook me food or pat me on the back. Every call for 10 hours is somebody's worst moment. Somebody's dead, somebody's about to kill themselves, a robbery, a murder, mental patient standing in his garage naked with a butcher knife to granny wanting to have a cup of coffee. It's insane.

I never got a phone call for somebody to come tell me I was doing a great job or somebody to cook me food or pat me on the back. Every call for 10 hours is somebody's worst moment. Somebody's dead, somebody's about to kill themselves, a robbery, a murder, mental patient standing in his garage naked with a butcher knife to granny wanting to have a cup of coffee. It's insane.

I never got a phone call for somebody to come tell me I was doing a great job or somebody to cook me food or pat me on the back. Every call for 10 hours is somebody's worst moment. Somebody's dead, somebody's about to kill themselves, a robbery, a murder, mental patient standing in his garage naked with a butcher knife to granny wanting to have a cup of coffee. It's insane.

And there's no, there is no shutting it off. I still think about all of it. There are cops that have been way through more than me. I don't know. All I did was the next call could be life ending for me. So I need to be switched on. That call no longer exists. It goes away. It's just a report number. But then you deal with it and you get home by drinking or lashing out at your family.

And there's no, there is no shutting it off. I still think about all of it. There are cops that have been way through more than me. I don't know. All I did was the next call could be life ending for me. So I need to be switched on. That call no longer exists. It goes away. It's just a report number. But then you deal with it and you get home by drinking or lashing out at your family.

And there's no, there is no shutting it off. I still think about all of it. There are cops that have been way through more than me. I don't know. All I did was the next call could be life ending for me. So I need to be switched on. That call no longer exists. It goes away. It's just a report number. But then you deal with it and you get home by drinking or lashing out at your family.

And then you wake up the next day and you go to work and you treat people at work better than you treated your family because you can't show up to work angry. You can't lash out at people at work. They'll put you on administrative leave and take your gun, make you go get help. Can't shut it off. Fake a smile every day.

And then you wake up the next day and you go to work and you treat people at work better than you treated your family because you can't show up to work angry. You can't lash out at people at work. They'll put you on administrative leave and take your gun, make you go get help. Can't shut it off. Fake a smile every day.

And then you wake up the next day and you go to work and you treat people at work better than you treated your family because you can't show up to work angry. You can't lash out at people at work. They'll put you on administrative leave and take your gun, make you go get help. Can't shut it off. Fake a smile every day.

And you give people the best version of yourself because they need you in that moment. Whether it might not be a big event to you, it might be stupid to you, you might think this is a stupid call, but man, they're on, they call 911. 911. Police, because they're having such a bad moment. They need you at your best. Forget about the next call. It's time to move on. This is what I always got told.

And you give people the best version of yourself because they need you in that moment. Whether it might not be a big event to you, it might be stupid to you, you might think this is a stupid call, but man, they're on, they call 911. 911. Police, because they're having such a bad moment. They need you at your best. Forget about the next call. It's time to move on. This is what I always got told.

And you give people the best version of yourself because they need you in that moment. Whether it might not be a big event to you, it might be stupid to you, you might think this is a stupid call, but man, they're on, they call 911. 911. Police, because they're having such a bad moment. They need you at your best. Forget about the next call. It's time to move on. This is what I always got told.

So at the end of that shift, I walked in. And my sergeant's sitting there with his legs up, shoes off. I said, cook, how was it? I'm like, oh, it sucked. First call of the day, kid hung himself. It's a lot. Starts laughing. He's like, suck it up. Welcome to being a cop. I was like, what? What? And then it just, for the next, you know, two and a half years, it was a ride, man.

So at the end of that shift, I walked in. And my sergeant's sitting there with his legs up, shoes off. I said, cook, how was it? I'm like, oh, it sucked. First call of the day, kid hung himself. It's a lot. Starts laughing. He's like, suck it up. Welcome to being a cop. I was like, what? What? And then it just, for the next, you know, two and a half years, it was a ride, man.

So at the end of that shift, I walked in. And my sergeant's sitting there with his legs up, shoes off. I said, cook, how was it? I'm like, oh, it sucked. First call of the day, kid hung himself. It's a lot. Starts laughing. He's like, suck it up. Welcome to being a cop. I was like, what? What? And then it just, for the next, you know, two and a half years, it was a ride, man.