Like it or not, a Jewish cemetery is an extension of the Jewish community. The police can have one view; we can have another. This doesn't affect our feelings. We'll always work with the police.

It is very much a legitimate debate, and ultimately, it's the local residents that are going to decide this. But let's have this debate settled in a way that makes all local residents proud.

We didn't agree with the claim that it was any type of violation of the separation between church and state. We hope that this will be the last chapter in this painful and divisive fight.

The authority received protests from various police and community officials.

Usually, community interaction with police is during arrests, and this is an opportunity for them to be a team and be peers. Communities are better able to understand police and their job.

Correctional officers are just like police officers on the streets of any community. But for correctional officers, everyone they work with is a convicted felon and nearly half have committed a violent offense. They never get to rescue a kitten from a tree.