Who Is Your Mentor?

[nitestokker]

We have all had people we have worked with (LEO and non-LEO) that we looked up to as kind of a hero. Maybe some old gruff sheriff or just an FTO a few years older. Who was it for you and why?

Mine was an old Sgt. who trained me. He was old-school and hard-core. My first day of training with him he asked for my weapon. I unload it, double-check it and hand it to him butt first. He says, "Well, that's a clean weapon but you need to file down the front site." I say Why? He says, "So when the bad guy takes it away from you and SHOVES IT UP YOUR ASS, it won't hurt so bad!" I loved that guy. RIP, Sgt. Ron................

[JohnnyRotten]

My mentor was an old deputy sheriff named Robert F. (Goose) Tatem. He was a Intermediate PR-24 instructor among other things. Got cashiered over political BS and opened a security company where I met him.

For my 24th birthday he gave me his entire library of police training tapes (about 30 hours worth). He saved my ass with his teachings more times that i care to count. His only request: pass it on.

He's why I became an instructor. May he rest in peace.

Damn I miss that old man...

[gozling]

I look up to a few people who have really been kind to me.

One is a detective and the other two are higher up at headquarters now.