Active Duty Police Officer

I am an Active Duty Peace Officer in Houston Texas, and I proudly stand with you.... It is with great joy that I see the birth of this organization.

I've been with the Houston Police Department for 15 years and my fears of the militarization of local police grow larger every day. These fears came totally into focus when the president, then candidate, spoke of creating a civilian defense force as large and well equipped as the US Military.

The only logical way to accomplish this would be federalization of local and state law enforcement.

THIS IS MY FEAR.....

We, as local and state peace officers, must resist any attempt to be federalized.... We swore an oath to the communities, and states, that we serve... Not the federal government...

I call on all peace officers to reaffirm their commitment to the concept of being a PEACE OFFICER..... We are not a tool of the powerful against the weak.... we are not the judge, jury, and executioner.... I strongly encourage all peace officers to listen carefully to orders from superiors and test them against the Constitution, test them against your conscience, ask yourself if you would take that action in front of your parents, or a religious leader, or your children.

Constantly ask yourself..... What is the hurry in taking this action RIGHT NOW?... Unless your safety is at stake, take a breath, and take your time.... We are given the badge and given our authority based on the trust of those we serve.....

And we should serve everyone equally with a steady gaze on the Bill of Rights...

Keep the Peace

Sgt. John Shirley

Testimony of an Active Duty Navy Corpsman With Third Battalion, 14th Marines

Hello all:

I am third class Petty Officer DeVito , William L., a Navy Corpsman with the third Battalion 14th Marines. My service to my country was always based on the tradition of my father and my grandfather's, of the defense of the people of the united states, the constitution and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.

Somewhere along the way, our country has lost its values and abandoned its identity as a whole. The freedom that this country stood for is in decline, and it will take extra-ordinary men and women, to restore those ideals, and solidify them as our fore fathers did.

I am not a politician, don't really care for politics, but I do feel obligated to mention a champion of the ideals of the REPUBLIC.......Ron Paul, the Congressman from Texas. His ideals coincide with my own, which are based on the promotion and defense of the constitution.

One of the very best things we can do is support men and women with his ideals, whom truly represent and promote our best interests.

Oath keepers, and organizations like it, are great ways for us to become unified.

Unity, brotherhood, discipline in this cause, is the only way we can march toward a bright future for our children, and the survival of our ideals of freedom and equality, and the whole of the REPUBLIC.

God bless

Thank you

Petty Officer DeVito


NOTE FROM OATH KEEPERS:

Some of the bravest men on the battlefield are the corpsmen and medics who so very often ignore enemy fire to do their best to save lives and to comfort the fallen. Their devotion to the men they care for is legendary and it is no accident that so many of them have been awarded the Medal of Honor.