Originally Posted by
tripleblessed
As you said you work for the DOJ, I would think it likely they have attended
officer funerals with pipe bands and color guards in kilts. They're used to it.
Scottish and especially Irish immigrants took the dangerous work nobody else
wanted because it was all they could get. As cousins and brothers and in-laws
poured in, the police and fire departments filled up. Now 150-200 years of tradition. Good to speak early, but unlikely to be a problem. Look at the names of the first responders on 9/11. Unlikely to be a problem. Approach it matter-of-factly, as a foregone conclusion that it's OK, that you're just being courteous in speaking early.
Great point that so many have forgotten.
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