Comments Unfairly Portray Officers

This is in response to the letter from Anindita Samanta. I find the comment about the Sheriff’s Department only caring about high-profile cases very offensive. This person said that they only care about high-profile cases so they can have the case on the front page. This couldn’t be further from the truth. If you think officers turn their backs on people after realizing they aren’t celebrities, you need to move back to Boulder. Since it took four years to have your home burglarized, those are good odds. If you lived in a larger city, this would have taken place a lot sooner. Before you start bad mouthing the people who put their lives on the line for you every day, try talking to them and asking how your case is going. Solving a burglary is not as easy as one thinks. It takes time and manpower. I know how law enforcement works. I worked in this field for 17 years. Considering that more people are moving to Thousand Oaks, that city is very safe. And the officers should be commended for doing a good job instead of being stabbed in the back. When there is a murder and the suspect is caught, I don’t care how much money is spent on the trial. I want to make sure that this person doesn’t get out and do it again. Monetary things can be replaced. Lives can’t.

Even though we had the tragedy at the bank in Thousand Oaks, this is still one of the safest places to live. Not one person felt good about that crime. And at some point those suspects will be caught. Just because you don’t hear what the officers are doing on a case on a daily basis does not mean that they are sitting around doing nothing.

Get to know your local law enforcement. If you think that their job is a walk in the park, think again. Each time my husband walks out the door, I pray he will walk back through that door at the end of the day. And he is an officer in a much tougher city than Thousand Oaks. The people who are so quick to judge and criticize are the same people that don’t have what it takes to put that uniform on and try to make a difference.

PAULA PFEIFLE

Thousand Oaks