One of the overlooked aspects of law enforcement (And FD, RN, and PW) is working weekends and holidays, when almost everyone else is off. Today, for me, its 8 hrs OT at the desk (Double time how can you pass that up) and then 8 hrs regular shift...so my wife and daughter are on their own for Christmas Eve. This is a common occurrence. I work a 6 and 3 schedule so 1 out of 3 years I get the holiday off naturally. As an example I got July 4th off but have to work Christmas Eve and Day. So to all my fellow first responders and holiday workers of all kinds, have a merry Christmas and thank you to all the support family members that have to celebrate it alone.
