YOUR COMMENTS

Okay "M" in Hooksett. When your house gets robbed, who are you going to cry to? These "public servants" or your EMT buddies in Hartford? Evidently they don't teach appreciation and respect in CT which is weird because my whole family come from there. You want to talk scary? Move to FL or NY. Just because they aren't getting shot at every day doesn't mean they don't do a heck of a job. Ingrate!
- Beth, Raymond

Beth,

Stop the grandstanding already, retire at 45, pension, benefits, health care, purks....many would give their right arm for these privileges. Get real and stop beating your chest for these elitist class of "public servants" Back up your claims of all this violence they face daily here in crime ridden NH please?? Hardly, I was an EMT (professional private paid) in the North End of Hartford and faced REAL threats everyday so just STOP!
- m, Hooksett

Thank you guys in blue, for everything you do. And thank you Union Leader and Citizens Bank for honoring and celebrating them. They deserve it a thousand times over.
- Alice Corbett, Sanford FL

While receiving my Criminal Justice degree, I was able to interact with some of the finest and most experienced members of Law Enforcement in the area. It only angers me to see all those who feel the need to constantly bash and question the actions by law enforcement. They have received specialized training and have lived through some of the most awful experiences. They have witnessed horrible auto accidents, gruesome murder scenes, and horrendous child abuse cases. They have had guns, knives, frying pans, whatever, pulled on them.

They have stayed up all night, many nights, in order to stop the drunk driver who could have easily killed you while you run out to the store in the middle of the night or come home from the night shift. When your house is robbed or there is someone threatening your family, you call the police. When someone has rear- ended you in traffic, you call the police. When a family member is missing, you call the police.

They have missed holidays, dance recitals, and first steps- all because crime and safety does not take a day off. They have endured all of this for the simple notion that this is their job. They are not going to get rich off it. Surely, the benefits are very good and the retirement is nice, but the danger far outweighs any of this. These are everyday heroes. They deserve our respect.
- Beth, Raymond