Death is a part of life and police officers see more death than any of us could ever imagine.

They often plunge head first into dangerous situations where death could be lurking...

One Wausau Police Officer says his faith helps him cope with the danger and tragedy that can come with wearing the badge.

"I couldn't do my job without my faith. Without my belief in God I would not be able to function very well as a police officer," says Officer Jon Kindlarski.

Being a police officer is undoubtedly a tough job, and Officer Kindlarski relies on what he calls a higher power to help him cope during those especially tough moments.

"To know that there's a higher power to know that grace is given to certain circumstances, it is my hope that through God people will be better off."

Officer Kindlarski is one of the newer faces on the Wausau Police Department, but he's worked in law enforcement for almost 14 years.

No matter how long he's been on the job, difficulties persist including times when he's had to investigate crimes involving children.

"For children they don't have the emotional turmoil development of adults. Trying to help them understand sexual assault, or physical abuse, to work with that child to gain the evidence needed for court but also take care of their emotional needs that's very difficult," Officer Kindlarski.

He says the day he helped a mother and son leave an abusive relationship is one day that continues to stick with him.

"I took them back to the station, and while I was interviewing mom, I set the child up with some coloring books and crayons, trying to keep the child occupied while mom and I spoke. When mom was ready to leave the child hands me this picture he had drawn and said this is 'Mommy and Me' new house but we're not going to fight anymore. That really touched me," says Officer Kindlarski.

Some of his toughest days as an officer are telling someone that their loved one is dead.

"You know you are going there to deliver some bad news no matter what you say it's not going to bring that loved one back. I try and do it with compassion and a lot of sensitivity and I am very sorry for the people that I do have to go and visit and keep them in my prayers...I don't like to see anybody get hurt certainty that's not why I came into this job, I'm doing this because I like helping."

Difficult days are not going to keep him from doing what he enjoys... Helping people. He credits his faith for helping him keep his job separate from his family.

"In fact most things we see is not normal behavior that we have to process so when we go home to out families we don't take that with us. We go back home as Jon not Jon who just experienced a tragic event."

His faith, law enforcement training, coupled with support from fellow officers, forms the trinity that helps him maintain "Grace Under Pressure.

"I don't push my beliefs off on others but I do try and share a christian spirit if people ask I will certainly share it with them but I wouldn't force it on them."