A POLICEMAN’S lot is not a happy one, especially when one of their own is killed in the line of duty.
It deeply affects all who are part of the thin blue line.
Senior Sergeant Perry Irwin’s death received huge coverage in the Brisbane media.
This did not surprise those who knew him. Perry Irwin, 42, was a police officer who was widely admired by his colleagues and the communities in which he served.
He was also a family man, a father of four children, whose death shattered those who loved him and those he loved.
It is easy to take for granted the duties police undertake on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, their true worth often is not realised until the loss of one of them.
