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Curious how many of my brothers are LEOs and freemasons? How has one effected (or not) the other? Which were you first and did it effect your decision to become the other?
I've been a LEO for the last decade, first working Patrol Division in a small town with a short stint in Investigations. I'm now a state trooper and loving giving my old partners a hard time by bragging about how many domestics, stolen potted plant reports, animal calls, etc. that I haven't had to take now that I'm a "road dog".
I was a LEO before I was a freemason and remember working with a couple of guys who were freemasons and thinking they were some of the finest guys I knew. I had thought about joining the freemasons a few years back, but knew I would be moving, so I wanted to wait till I moved and got settled first. I wished I would have done it way back, but such is life.
Part of the reason I joined freemasonry was because it parallels quite a bit with my LEO experience... the sense of brotherhood, going through the initiatic experience was similar to going to the academy and having to earn the distinction, and the core values of integrity and honor.
However, after years on the job of seeing the worst of the worst I could tell I was becoming more cynical and generally suspicious of everyone. Freemasonry was a way for me to meet non-LEOs and restore my faith that there are others in the community who also hold high ideals and a sense of honor and who also want to make a positive difference in their community. I was also drawn to the history of the fraternity, especially the ideal that men can come together regardless of religious or political affiliation as men on an equal level.
Like law enforcement, freemasonry hasn't been without its negative history, but the core values have always held strong and there are men who still believe that freemasonry isn't only still relevant but necessary.
I'm looking forward to the conversation!
I've been a LEO for the last decade, first working Patrol Division in a small town with a short stint in Investigations. I'm now a state trooper and loving giving my old partners a hard time by bragging about how many domestics, stolen potted plant reports, animal calls, etc. that I haven't had to take now that I'm a "road dog".
I was a LEO before I was a freemason and remember working with a couple of guys who were freemasons and thinking they were some of the finest guys I knew. I had thought about joining the freemasons a few years back, but knew I would be moving, so I wanted to wait till I moved and got settled first. I wished I would have done it way back, but such is life.
Part of the reason I joined freemasonry was because it parallels quite a bit with my LEO experience... the sense of brotherhood, going through the initiatic experience was similar to going to the academy and having to earn the distinction, and the core values of integrity and honor.
However, after years on the job of seeing the worst of the worst I could tell I was becoming more cynical and generally suspicious of everyone. Freemasonry was a way for me to meet non-LEOs and restore my faith that there are others in the community who also hold high ideals and a sense of honor and who also want to make a positive difference in their community. I was also drawn to the history of the fraternity, especially the ideal that men can come together regardless of religious or political affiliation as men on an equal level.
Like law enforcement, freemasonry hasn't been without its negative history, but the core values have always held strong and there are men who still believe that freemasonry isn't only still relevant but necessary.
I'm looking forward to the conversation!
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