This letter is to express my opinion regarding the Monday hearing for the Sunflower Coalition. I would like to attend but will be taking care of my patients and earning money so I can pay my taxes. I am very concerned about this issue.
I have very deep appreciation and respect for the Salina Law Enforcement staff. Their help was needed and always welcome when I called them over the years. I was always treated with respect and courtesy. I have also provided health care for several law enforcement officers and have been impressed with their professional conduct.
It is my opinion that mechanisms are in place to investigate and take care of any real or imaginary improper conduct. Salina does not need any outside self appointed board to judge and interfer with our police and judicial system.
Salina does need a way to educate the community on how to respond to law enforcement when police are risking their lives to enforce laws and keep us safe. All people need to understand that resisting police actvity will produce confrontatinal consequences. If law breakers cooperate with the police rather than resist, there will be a good outcome. A good place to start is an educational program in the schools. Young people need to be taught to obey the laws for the benefit of everybody.
Salina has some free military equipment. If the Federal Government can give Salina more that will save the tax payers and the city money for other priorities.
With growing violence across the country our police and law enforcement and first responders may need some of this free equipment to protect us and save lives. It is unwise to wait until a disaster strikes to go out and spend tax money for new equipent that Salina can have for free.
As a property owner and tax payer I want our law enforcement to have the equipment they need. I really think it only fair to ask the members of the Sunflower Coalition if they own property in Salina and pay taxes in Salina? Non residents should have ABSOULUTELY NO RIGHTS to tell the city and the rest of us what we should be doing.
Milo Wilcox
Salina