The Badge Deserves Honor. Chad Essert’s Charges Deserve Fury.

Growing up, my friends and I weren't bad kids, never broke the law (/wink), and truly never started up any slobberknockers. However, we didn't always think too fondly of our local police department as a whole. Then there was Kelly, the female officer who seemed to understand kids, trouble, fear, and fairness all at once.

Officer Kelly carried the badge well; even when we grumbled about cops, we knew the badge meant something. We were taught to respect it, because good officers walk into the danger most of us spend our lives trying to avoid.

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