As soon as my wife and I returned from vacationing in central Minnesota this last week one of the first things that I heard was that I had to go get a Rock County Star Herald and read the letter to the editor from Terry Reisch. After reading it I would like to congratulate him on it. It seems to me that the officer in question has once again stepped over the line. Even though we in the community all know who this person is, I will not mention his name. I think it’s about time that our sheriff does something about the person in question. After talking to several young adults in our town and finding out that the same officer likes to cuss, swear and scream at our youth thinking that he is a big man, I really became irate. It seems that this officer and his friend like to sit in the dark with their lights off and try to trap offenders. Isn’t this in itself illegal? Since when is this a legal maneuver? I thought our officers were to be highly visible. Since when are they allowed to sit in the dark and hide? I have heard many complaints from other adults about this officer and the way he treats them, and I know of some that have called our sheriff about him and complained. When is something going to be done about him? We, as citizens of Luverne, do not need to take his abuse and I think it’s high time something is done. He was hired to work for us, not against us. We pay his salary with our tax dollars and he works for us. I think that a public apology is in order from this officer and his partner to Mr. Reisch and that he should be put on suspension until he has a change in his attitude. If he pulled stunts like this on a regular job he would probably have been fired on his second offense. We do not need police like this. I am with Mr. Reisch all the way, and if this puts and X on my forehead, let it be. I think we have had enough and again I urge the citizens of Luverne to come forward and make our sheriff do something about his fellow. You can tell who he is targeting just by the tickets he writes. And about these tickets he writes — since when do you walk up to a car that you pull over and not tell them what you pulled them over for? The first thing that comes out of his mouth is, "Have you been drinking?" Is this proper procedure? I don’t think so. Let’s put a stop to this right now!Shawn L. Davis,Luverne
