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I can't agree more, Andy. I've known both types personally, related to a good one (retired after 30+ years of service) who was my encouragement to get my CHL and carry. Growing up, we had a good sheriff, 1 really good cop (force only had 4 total, 2 were....not great) and a couple of good DPS guys (one was my scout master).

You just never know which type will arrive in a place the size of Houston which is kinda sad.

That sounds a lot like what the officer who came out in response to a robbery at our house told us. His advise was to not spend money on an alarm system as the police response time would be such to ensure that no confrontation with the suspect would occur. His job was to fill out the report and take down the serial numbers of whatever was taken so that insurance could handle the losses. He told us to just put out a fake sign and get a big dog. The sign and dog would deter most opportunists and anyone that ignored the dog was someone that shouldn't be engaged.

So now we have 3 dogs.... And the FedEx guy hardly ever makes it to the door before retreating (depends on the size of the box if he'll toss it to the door or just file a no-one-home missed delivery report.