Published May 17. 2021 12:01AM
Thank you, Lee Elci, for your excellent portrayal of the Theater of the Absurd, “New London police run errands for ‘defund’ council,” (May 5). New London taxpayers should be appalled by such a wasteful, disrespectful policy that uses highly trained police personnel to deliver City Council reports. Who approved such an absurd and atrocious policy? Taxpayers would be justified in voting out those who approved such errands.
Pat McElreath
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08/24/2011 New London police officer Thomas Northup, right, fires his gun into the cab of an overturned ice truck at Curtis Cunningham, 27, of New Haven, after he allegedly stole the truck and rolled it over at the intersection of Bank Street and Jefferson Avenue Wednesday, August 24, 2011. The officers told Cunningham to show your hands and put the gun down. Cunningham was shot four times but survived.(Tim Martin/The Day)