By Mike Bocchino
On a somewhat normal sunny day strolling down Greenwich Avenue with my son to see the new improvements and grab a bite to eat, thanks to our First Selectman’s initiative, I came across the most insulting poster on a tree that I have yet to see in our town these many years. It said ‘Our tax dollars are paying for Oppression, Abolish Police.” Seriously? Have you met the amazing men and women of the Greenwich police force? I can only assume that this was put up by someone who either is not from Greenwich or is deeply misguided.
So let us look at the blue that matters to me, and by blue I mean our dedicated men and woman in blue. First I can assure you that I would not want and more than likely could never do their job. Little respect these days, long hours, little pay, and the unknown of what lies ahead of each day on the job.
To all these people out there who have jumped up on the soapbox and have turned your backs on the men and women that serve us in town, to instead support these hate groups and their vicious rhetoric, I say never judge a person until you have walked a mile in their shoes, especially theirs.
Now, I sincerely hope that this push for abolishing our police is coming from outside of our town but alas, I saw many familiar faces, some RTM members, at the local peaceful protest outside GPD headquarters where they were videoed calling our police and Police Commissioner Racists and murderers. Many are the same people who 2 months ago signed a letter stating how pleased they were with the job our first selectman was doing. Wonder who or what soapbox changed their minds. However misguided these few individuals have become, let us remind ourselves how lucky we are to have such a phenomenal police force. A force that leads the way in our state at dealing with horrific domestic violence issues. A group that’s response time is one of the best around. Men and women who treat our children with respect and care for them like they were their own. Our wonderful men and women of the Greenwich police force are our Thin Blue line and I, like many others, are proud of them and will continue to support them from any evil ..foreign, domestic, and even in our own town. Abolish our Police force – Never!
