Today I came to my publication and I was so impressed that I have the need to share it with you, it is not mine to tell the truth, it belongs to Paul Matheus and you can get it on his Facebook page.
Stories like these should not remain anonymous, they are examples for humanity, they should be made known around the world and every police academy, every community should have a police like this. But I do not tell you more, here I leave you with the publication as I got it ...
It was 12 noon on March 17, 1980, at the corner of the Society, in the heart of the University of Caracas Avenue, a presidential escort tried to stop the traffic - respecting the traffic light - to make way for the official caravan where came the president of the Republic, LUIS HERRERA CAMPINS.
An agent of the Metropolitan Police who directed the traffic in that place, called APASCACIO MATA, prevented it.
Stop ... stop ... stop, the traffic light is red ... The step is for pedestrians! Apascacio told the escort.
The presidential escort, in a loud voice, shouts at the agent: Boy ... Take off ... You don't know who we are? There comes the president.
You are the first to comply with the law, Apascacio told him, without losing his composure.
The official entourage and President Herrera had to wait for the green light to pass, however the president realized the incident.
After a week of what happened, the director of the PM. He calls Apascacio and says: PREPARE! I think you're "voting" and maybe you're going to jail. The president asked me for the name of the official who stopped his caravan. A special invitation to lunch with the first president came to Apascacio, an act in which he was decorated.
Biggest surprise was Apascacio when the president of the USA. Jimmy Carter invited him in 1981 to the Nashville police school, Tenneesse. And he was honored at the White House, where he shared with Carter. In 1981 he won the Miss Universe Maritza Sayalero and appointed him as a personal escort.
Apascacio Mata, was never reprimanded, never missed work. He became an example for the city, instilled respect, rebuked all violators of the law, nobody was saved, no deputies, senators or the president himself. Helping children and the elderly to cross the street, imposed on the drivers the rule of standing before scratching.
Many people stopped at the corner of Society to see him direct traffic; It was a mix of show man with an English traffic policeman, impeccably dressed, with gestures and martial bearing, decent, good treatment, kind, waved his hand touching his cap and especially an incorruptible officer. He was not very given to fines. More than a policeman, he was a teacher, when someone committed a minor infraction he was cordially attracted, he gave citizen advice so as not to commit the same faults again.
Apascacio Mata was born the year of 1940, in the hamlet La Maroma, cocoa area of the town of Panaquire in Windward of the State Miranda. He worked for 32 years. In 1996 he was retired. He died at 75, was bedridden without legs, both had been amputated due to gangrene that arose after a traffic accident. He died on Friday, May 14, 2015 in his modest house in the neighborhood of the January 23 Observatory, Caracas.
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I met Apascacio Mata personally. We were Prof. José Wahab Ojeda and I, taking a course at the University Institute for Professional Improvement of the Teaching (IUMPM), Caracas, and we were staying at the house of his sister, Nena Wahab. Once he gave us the line to go to the course. When we arrived at Av. Universidad, (6-7 am.), There was little traffic and our friend "ate the red light". We immediately heard the whistle of the traffic prosecutor. Our driver got very nervous and stood on the shore. When the policeman arrived at the car, the girl, showing a lot of serenity, slowly lowered the glass and in a humble and melodious voice said: Very good morning Mr. Agent, take my documents, apply the sanction that you think I deserve, I just Of breaking the law. The official, who already had the papers in his hands, took off his glasses, took a deep breath and replied: Miss, my name is Apascacio Mata and in my 30 years of service, the first driver to agree with me. So take your documents, leave, nothing has happened here. Have a good day everyone.
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