I love what you said here, thank you.
Sometimes people forget that cops are human and have families too.
I don't have a single picture of my husband with our kids on any social media platform because a few years back, some asshole went on Facebook and threatened to go to one of my co-workers kids elementary school for a " visit".
When my husband retired, I moved out of California as quick as possible.
There is nothing worse than running into a ex-inmate while you are getting your car serviced....and that happened to me twice...lol
I was getting a tv installed and the guy who brought my car around said " You remember me?".
I always know where I know them from as soon as they ask that question.
I was paranoid as fuck that he looked at my registration and now had my address...lol
Yeah, growing up, my family always had an unlisted number. I asked my Dad why once and he said "Because I don't want someone that I arrested to be able to find where we live."
He said that when he was on the Phoenix PD a friend of his on the force had a listed number.
Some guy who he had arrested, got out of jail, looked him up in the phone book and went to his house. The officer wasn't home, but his wife was. She answers the door and he beat her nearly to death. It took her months to recover and she was never the same physically or mentally after that.
I have the same name as my Dad and on his advice, have never had a listed number.