A documentary about officers murdered in the line of duty.

[manahmanah]

Hey Folks,

Some of my partners and I are creating a documentary on officers murdered in the line of duty. We have a website with the trailer. It can also answer any questions you may have. If anyone has any questions that are not answered on the site shoot me a PM and I will answer them or shoot you my personal email or cell number.

FALLEN PROJECT

Regards,

Manahmanah

[manahmanah]

So far we have 74 donors, please help however you can!

[Joeyd6]

I am not trying to diminish what you are doing, but the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial has the kiosks inside the builing that tells each officers story. The Officer Down page also memorializes every officer.

And to be quite honest, I don't think many cops, let alone others care what the captain of an an agency across the US thinks about the fact "cop A" died under his watch. And what cop who dies in the line of duty is not a hero? It comes without saying. I care about the cops family and the circumstances around such that can be taught/learned or to prevent it from causing another cops death. In most cases, that information comes from dash cams, body cams, radio transmissions and not interviews of co-workers and other LEO's who were not there.

You also may want to PM a mod or fbina188 and ask for permission to post this. While we usually allow members to ask for donations, it is usually for a charity or or from something that helps everyone. Your documenatry seems like a personal project, focused in California, in one small area, done by cops from one agency and a firefighter. Meant to or not, it comes off like a thesis, trying to draw a line between budget cuts, economy woes and violence against the police. I don't see how this gives back to the LE community as a whole.

[marinepilot]

Joey, he did PM me, but I must have let the ball slip from my hands. I'll pass the PM on to FBINA188 right now, referencing this thread.

manahmanah, sorry about that brother, I've had a full plate this last week, and really been down in the dumps. Check the verified section to see my thread as partial explanation.

[Kimble]

Manahmanah PM'ed me also, asking if it was permissible to post this. Since it wasn't involving an advertisement competing against items sold on RP I told him I didn't see a problem with it and noted to contact Jesse/FBINA188 for further questions.

[retdetsgt]

[McNulty]

I'm with Joey. I caught the trailer a few minutes ago on Facebook and wasn't really impressed with the message or the production value.

[manahmanah]

@ Joeyd6 and McNulty, I am sorry you feel the way you do about our project but we have received nothing but support from everyone we have contacted so far. We are receiving national press as well as support from widows and family members of slain officers who would like to get the story of their loved ones out. Once again, if you go to the website and read all of the links it will explain everything that we are doing, why we are doing it, and the scope of the project, which is NOT local.

[FBINA188]

While we usually allow members to ask for donations, it is usually for a charity or or from something that helps everyone. Your documenatry seems like a personal project, focused in California, in one small area, done by cops from one agency and a firefighter.

Joey is correct, RP will on occasion permit support for various charities, but, even then, caution has to be taken to avoid opening the flood gates where numerous threads are created.

With that said, I have edited the initial narrative to just allow the information to be shared with others without specifically asking for financial support.

While the intent of this project is commendable, we still have to determine that the rules are being followed and that we don't make exceptions that could come back to bite us.