To:  Our Sheepdog, Our Cops
From:  Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

     I've got something I need to say to you, and all of your magnificent 'sheepdog' comrades, and it comes from the heart...

     Thirty-two years ago, I was a twenty year old buck sergeant in the 82d Airborne Division, spending over half my time on deployment, leaving behind a young wife and two little babies.
     Twenty-two years ago I was a company commander in Panama, leaving a wife and three little boys back at home.
     Twelve year...