Police Bashing

By RUTH TRAPP | Highlands Today
Published: December 23, 2007

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I have to agree with the "police bashing" letter from Jesse Sours concerning law enforcement driving too fast.

Mr. Dowden claims he might be headed to someone's house to help. From what I've observed with the police, they probably hurt more lives than they help, especially in Highlands County.

What police are really good for is hiding behind a bush and trying to catch some poor sap going a few miles over the speed limit. Then they pounce on you, insult you, write a ticket, you pay a fine, your insurance goes up, and then they go back to sitting around with their engines running, or off to the doughnut shop.

If the police were interested in keeping the area crime free, they wouldn't be hiding behind bushes, they'd be in the high crime areas trying to get rid of drugs and stealing, not trying to catch some poor guy going five miles over the speed limit.

Ruth Trapp
Lake Placid