{"id":106771,"date":"2016-09-15T07:12:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106771"},"modified":"2016-09-15T07:12:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:12:32","slug":"the-orthodox-jewish-girl-who-became-a-cop-because-of-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106771","title":{"rendered":"The Orthodox Jewish Girl Who Became A Cop Because of 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

REPORT<\/a>: When picturing an Orthodox Jewish woman, most people conjure up an image of a lady carrying a baby, not a gun. But for Ariella Loew, it seemed like there was no reason she couldn\u2019t do both! Loew grew up in Lincolnwood, just outside of Chicago in an Orthodox family and though she had never seen a frum female cop before, there was a female role model who impacted her from a young age. \u201cMy mom was already doing something that most frum women don\u2019t do \u2013 she was a radio newscaster. When she walked in for her interview she told them she couldn\u2019t work on Shabbos, and they said \u2018okay its not a problem.\u2019 Then she said \u2018I also need all these other days off\u2019 and she made a career as a news reporter for over forty years. She showed me that Orthodox people can do things that other people think they can\u2019t.\u201d
\nLoew is not exactly sure where the inspiration to become a police officer came from.\u201dWhen I was twelve years old I decided I wanted to be a cop. When I was little I always wanted to be a builder, but I just liked playing with Legos\u2026and then one day I realized I needed math to be a builder\u2026and I\u2019m terrible at math, so I decided I\u2019d be a cop instead.\u201d Loew notes that September 11th occurred when she was twelve and it is very conceivable that witnessing the heroic efforts of the police on that day impacted her decision.
\nThough a BA is not necessary to become a police officer, Loew went to college where she studied Criminal Justice so she\u2019d have a back up plan. Every summer during college, she did an internship. Her first one was with her hometown police department. \u201cThat summer sealed the deal for me. I loved every moment that I was working with them. I liked the adrenaline rush. I liked the different calls we went on.\u201d Even though she wasn\u2019t always allowed out of the car by the officer training her, she still remembers how much these early runs impacted her. \u201cI had been driving around on a midnight shift, a ride along\u2026some car had his headlight out going the opposite direction. The officer I was with busted a U-Turn, and went after him. We went to pull the car over, and the car\u2026took off down the road\u2026The officer knew that there was a cul-de-sac about two blocks down, so the car would have nowhere to go. He went after it, and \u2026we found out that it was a stolen car. So then just as we caught him at the cul-de-sac, three guys popped out of the car and went running. I wanted to get out of the car, unfortunately (probably also fortunately) I couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REPORT: When picturing an Orthodox Jewish woman, most people conjure up an image of a lady carrying a baby, not a gun. But for Ariella Loew, it seemed like there was no reason she couldn\u2019t do both! Loew grew up … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orthodoxy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t