They were using people with no police training and no certification - there wasn't one real police officer.

We're not against the organizations, and we don't want to hurt the vets. We believe we should be paid for a fair day's work like they are in other communities.

We tried to fight it when it first began, but we were a village then, and a village cannot be bound by arbitration.

I just really like being a teacher, and being a police officer is pretty close to being a teacher.

He was a hero in war. He was a hero as a police officer. He was our hero.

Hurricane Katrina showed that many police and first responders may go home to take care of their families.