The Lone Ranger - Policing's Gold Standard

I yelled “Hi-yo Silver Away!” dozens of times on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I was glued to the TV watching the black and white reruns of The Lone Ranger. He was the masked Texas Ranger who, along with Tonto (his Native American partner), fought injustice in the American Old West. The character became an icon of American culture starting with the radio show in 1933. The television series ran from 1949 to 1957, and there were also novels, comic books, and movies. The Lone Ranger was such a great influence on me as a child that I grew up to become a police officer, hoping to live up to his code of ethics. Yes, that’s right. I became a cop to be like The Lone Ranger. And if they would have let me wear a mask on duty and use silver bullets – I would have!...

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