Elise Smurzynski, City Administrator Shady Cove

P.O. Box 1210, 22451 Hwy. 62

Shady Cove OR 97539

Dear Ms. Smurzynski,

This is in response to your advertisement in the Upper Rogue Independent, March 19, 2002 for a Chief of Police, City of Shady Cove. I had the privilege of hearing our interim Police Chief Robert McKean talk at a meeting of the Taxpayers Association. I was impressed with his delivery, his background, his law enforcement experience and his philosophy of what a Police Dept. can and should do for a community.

I urge you to consider hiring Police Chief Robert McKean as our permanent police chief on a part-time basis. I feel that in a 24 hour week he would accomplish what a full-time police chief would do in a 40 hour week.

After reading this morning's Mail Tribune about the drug bust that Chief McKean's department was responsible for, I am doubly impressed. My hat is off to the fine work that has been done in this police department since November 3, 2001. Police Chief Robert McKean is a fine police officer and it would be a shame if Shady Cove did not hire him. It would be Shady Cove's loss. All the citizens of Shady Cove want a city that is free of crime and drugs. I have lived here for almost four years and from the beginning we had heard rumors of drug running in Shady Cove, but nothing was ever done about it. Thank goodness we now have a police chief who takes action.

I also urge you to consider hiring another police officer for Shady Cove. Three officers cannot possibly give this city 24 hour coverage. Let's begin to have a police force who does more than just hand our traffic tickets. We want police officers who are willing to stay on the Shady Cove police force longer than one year, perhaps a pay raise would be an incentive.

Thank you,

Shirley Tuttle

P.O. Box 777, 22071 Hwy 62, #52

Shady Cove, OR 97539

cc: Police Chief Robert McKean

Mayor Tom Anderson

Council Member, Lois Holland

Council Member, Alison Curtis

Council Member, Jack Henson

Council Member, Fred Wendt

Upper Rogue Independent