I'm the one who told a woman with three kids that she'd never see her husband alive again because he crashed on the motorcycle. Several times I was the one who came to bring the bad news to relatives of victims who had jumped in front of the train. Luckily, I'm also the one who was looking for missing children, and was able to take them to a safe home.

I'm the one who grabbed the drunk man off the street, took him to a shelter, and smelled like a whack because this man had let everything go.

I'm the one who spoke to your neighbors because the music was too loud, they argued or had been ugly to your children. I'm the one who called you because you couldn't solve it yourself. I'm the one who stopped your husband for beating you through the house and telling your children that their father wouldn't be coming home for a while.

I'm the one who apprehended the suspect because your daughter was abused.


I'm the one who was called several times at night and at night because one criminal shot another criminal, bashed in, stabbed or kidnapped. I'm the one who escorted your daughter home from a distance in the middle of the night because I wouldn't want anything to happen to her. I'm the one who helped lost visitors in the middle of an industrial site in the pouring rain change a tire and showed them the way again.

I'm the one who put jubilees on their way to their own party in the service car and then brought them to their party because they were in a breakdown.


I'm the one who gave your father a heart massage and tried to bring him back to life against his better knowledge. I'm the one who took firearms off the street, often in dangerous situations grabbed my firearm and fired twice. I'm the one who was at parties, riots and other events like flat caps because riots against the police are part of it.

I am the one who came across rotten corpses wading in maggots, because they lay too long because no one looked back at them and they were not missed by anyone.


I'm the one who hopped fallen old people back in their chairs or put them to bed because they couldn't call anyone but the police. I'm the one who stood by your child who had an overdose or wrong drugs. I'm the one who had to examine jumpers and hangings and saw what a jump from an eleven high flat does to a human body.

I am the one who catches other police officers because they have suffered PTSD and/or a Burn Out through too many deaths, resuscitations, violence or degrading cases.


I have been able to ensure that colleagues with mental overstrain can find their way back because they feel they have been abandoned by everyone. I'm the one who can tell them they've given enough. I am the one who had to say goodbye to colleagues because they died too early and can never enjoy their retirement.

I'm the one who's been a police officer for over 40 years and proudly practicing this profession.


Over 40 years in which I have seen the organization and society change. A change in which ordinary car doors were armored, a bulletproof vest, pepper spray and extendable baton were added to my daily outfit. Decades of change in which violence against police officers increased and respect turned into contempt. 40 years in which I, together with beautiful, passionate and engaged colleagues, was there for you time and again at any time of the day. 40 years in which I have seen and experienced that the police as an organization errors but also learns from his mistakes. An organization that like no other organization shows its mistakes and does its best to connect with everyone.

After 40 years, I am and remain that proud policeman


This is because I have experienced that by far the majority of them are vigilant, service and integrity. That is why it hurts me when we, as racists, are not left with integrity, biased or aggressive. Does it hurt me if the society for which I have been fighting for 40 years has condemned me and my colleagues time and again and again and again and puts us in a bad light through manipulated videos.

After 40 years, I am and remain that proud policeman.


In spite of everything, I and we will always be there for you. Even though we are convicted time and time again and our colleagues are being assailed daily, we will help you. We'll come when you call. We will assist you when you need help and free you from the hands of your criminal friends. We will find your runaway children, record your report and face you without prejudice. No matter who or what you are, how you look at us and how you treated us. That's why we joined the police and after more than 40 years I can still proudly say that I am a policeman.”



Source: Facebook, Henk the Man

I'm the one who told parents that their children would never come home after walking because they died in a car accident.