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Show Letter... Dear Sam: Your "Community Comment" Com-ment" thanking Phil Barney was right on. We do need extra men. But we also need a good stiff penalty for attacking a police officer. As it stands now, smacking a law enforcement enforce-ment officer is only a misdemeanor, unless the attack at-tack is with a weapon. A local police officer was attacked in the line of duty. The attacker was allowed work release and "at least one home " visit. That's not even a good slap on the wrist. These fine men, City Police, Sheriff, Deputys, and Highway High-way Patrol put their lives on the line every day protecting us. When and who is going to protect them? A really high rate of our highway patrol in this area have been handcuffed, shoved in trunks, shot or beaten. It is time we did something by demanding back up for these men andor legislation putting a realistic punishment on police attack. Norah Eubanks |