Kurt Skarjune, a retired Oak Park police officer who lives in Genoa Township, recently delivered to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office a print-out of comments he gathered together when he posted a challenge online asking people to thank police officers for their service.
Skarjune’s move comes during a time of great unrest, when people are protesting the use of excessive force by police. Skarjune maintains a “silent majority” supports the police, and they need to speak up.
“A couple of encouraging words like ‘thank you for your service’ can go a long way. I know because I received those same words 13 years after I retired,” Skarjune wrote in a letter. “Let’s not make our current heroes wait quite that long.”
THANK YOU LIVINGSTON POST. You just made the day for the Police officers and Deputies who patrol our roads including me an old retired cop.