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July 07, 2008
"Thank you for helping me..."

A note to the TPD from Police Chaplain Danny Lynchard

Nothing concerns and angers a police officer like the victimization of a child. When the victimizer is caught, it is the result of a lot of people pouring heart and effort into the attempt. There are those who dispatch, those who pursue, those who provide information, those who capture, those who interview, those who console a child, those who video, those who photograph, those who pray and many others. One little eight year-old girl can easily figure out who the good guys are.

After a recent AMBER ALERT, you arrested such a victimizer. I received this e-mail from (a Tulsa Police Sergeant). It comes from a little girl who spent the scariest time of her life praying for the cavalry to show up . . . . and it did.

She wrote, in little 8-year-old handwriting (complete with princess stickers) "Thank you ....for helping me."

She also wrote a thank you note to the "Tulsa Police guys and girls," (again adorned with princess stickers) that read,"Thank you tulsa police for saving me and my brothers and catching the bad guy..."

All other eloquence pales in the light of her "thank you," as does many other acts of kindness, compared to your commitment.

God Bless you all,

Danny Lynchard

Tulsa Police Chaplain