To the Editor:
This letter is a response to Glen Hofmeister’s letter (“Defund Island Police,” 11/18). After reading your letter where you detail numerous tickets you received, I have a question. Did you challenge them? Did you plead guilty and just pay the fine?
If you didn’t challenge the ticket and just paid it, it indicates that the ticket was properly issued. Just because your infractions, although minor, don’t rise to the standards you believe are enforceable is not a reason to defund the police.
December 3, 2020
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