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Dear Editor,

I just want to say we have an awesome police force.

An officer had a little bit of downtime before the construction workers showed up [the evening of July 5] and he spent time with my daughters and my youngest son.

He made my kids feel very safe.

Cassandra Cockburn
West Hartford

[Editor’s note: The police officer mentioned in the above letter and pictured in the photographs is Lt. Eric Rocheleau.]

Lt. Eric Rocheleau and kids. Courtesy of Cassandra Cockburn

Lt. Eric Rocheleau and kids. Courtesy of Cassandra Cockburn

Cassandra Cockburn’s daughter gets to check out a police car. Courtesy of Cassandra Cockburn