I see many jurisdictions in the country are calling for defunding or elimination of police functions. The Salt Lake City Council is bending that way, it seems.
As an old retired cop, I would submit that the council body acquire the means to monitor police radio calls for a shift to witness the various activities assigned to on-duty police officers.
I remember in the ’60s when political activists demonstrated in protest, the demonstrators would refer to police monitoring the activities as “pigs.” The officers turned it around and displayed symbols of pigs on tie tacks and pins displayed on their uniforms and deemed that it stood for “Pride, Integrity and Guts.”
In fielding the actions of police, the response was, "If you don't like police, then the next time you are in trouble, call a hippie."
I would hope that action by a misguided police officer in another state would not reflect on the quality service rendered by police in our state. Talk about unfair.
Harry W. Patrick, Salt Lake City
