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We find much of the national movement to retrain police across the country both ill-conceived and insulting to our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line each and every day.

Lawmen are constantly being updated on the newest technologies in law enforcement and constantly updated on the legality of various enforcement tools. If they don't execute properly the laws of arrest, search and seizure and Miranda rights at the point of taking someone into custody, that case will be tossed out of court and pronto.

President Obama's inkling that police somehow have to be retrained and resensitized so they measure up with each and every individual's expectations of decorum and comportment is dubious at best.

This national dialogue on police retraining, and the commission Obama has drafted to lead the debate and report back to him in about a month, is by and large a waste of taxpayer money led by a former Washington police chief who cost that city millions in liability payments for police brutality cases.

So now Obama wants national standards for police enforcement, just like his Common Core initiatives seeks to "improve" our education system while, in fact, simply dumbing it down even more.

We believe the local law enforcement in Lebanon, Rochester and Milton is pretty darned exemplary, and while any department will have its ups and downs, well, don't we all?

Which brings us to the real point of this writing before we got sidetracked even before we got started.

Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. (C.O.P.S.) and other organizations nationwide are coming together today to support law enforcement officers across the country.

National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.) is in response to the negativity shown toward law enforcement agencies recently.

Each day 780,000 police officers across our country put a badge on and go to work knowing they may face extremely dangerous situations. Yet, they go to work anyway.

"What the public doesn't see is the toll law enforcement takes to keep our communities safe. On average, between 105 and 203 officers die in the line of duty each year, 50,000 officers are assaulted in the line of duty each year, 14,000 officers are injured in the line of duty each year, and over 300 officers commit suicide each year. There is no other profession in the world, except possibly the military, where you will find these kinds of statistics," according to the L.E.A.D. Facebook event page.

To participate in this event, organizers have suggested the following:

Change your profile picture on social media to a picture supporting law enforcement

See a police officer? Thank a police officer

Wear blue clothing in support of law enforcement

Send a card of support to your local police department or state agency

Share a positive story about a positive law enforcement experience on social media

Ask children in your community write letters in support of law enforcement

Participate in Project Blue Light. Proudly display your blue light in support of law enforcement.

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