Sujet : He was a *Volunteer* Firefighter De : x (at) *nospam* y.com (X, formerly known as \"!Jones\") Groupes :talk.politics.guns Date : 01. Aug 2024, 18:02:04 Autres entêtes Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID :<o9cnajl9urg1sirtkohjsk4dsjfcp3lrdt@4ax.com> User-Agent : Forte Agent 1.8/32.548
Corey Comperatore was a *volunteer* firefighter in his community. A "volunteer" firefighter is to sworn firefighters and EMS professionals as an *auxiliary* police officer is to sworn peace officers. If I say I'm an auxiliary police officer, kudos to me; however, I cannot simply drop the modifier: "auxiliary" and claim I'm, therefore, a police officer. Further, volunteer fire fighting organizations are loosely organized, and anybody may be "chief"... chiefs are usually, but not always, elected by the participants.
When they say that Corey Comperatore was a firefighter, it is a misstatement because a *firefighter* is a sworn, certified office. If Mr. Comperatore had said that, he would have committed a misdemeanor in most states... but, since he's dead, what difference does it make?