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Returning vets face rocky transition from soldier to cop

Given how many law enforcement officers were also part of military reserve units deployed after 9/11, not to mention the fact that police agencies recruit heavily among ex-military, I was interested to see an AP item on a topic I've wondered about: The not-always-smooth transition from soldier to police officer after they return. Here's how the story opens ("Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war," March 10):For soldiers patrolling in Iraq and Afghanistan, death can come from a bomb hidden in a trash pile or an innocent-looking face in the crowd. Returning home alive can depend on the quick turn of a steering wheel or pull of a trigger. Those heightened survival instincts don't always translate when those soldiers return home to their jobs as law enforcement officers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).