Sarasota roads feel dangerous. Why won't police protect us? | Letters

Police must focus on roads, not raids

I was recently driving on Interstate 90 in Ohio and in the space of about 30 miles, I saw five police cars monitoring traffic.

Compare that to the roughly 10 miles of Interstate 75 between Clark Road and University Parkway, where I rarely see a police car.

This congested part of I-75 suffers from construction, commercial traffic and hotshot drivers weaving in and out, causingdangerous conditions.

Where are the police?

Are they not doing their traffic work because they are involved in roundups of innocent undocumented people?

The same people who do our landscaping, fix our roofs and work in our ever-increasing service industries?

I have read that some sheriff's departments are abandoning helping the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency

in favor of doing the police work for which we pay taxes.

I would guess that most Floridians are disgusted with seeing our police fail to do what they should be doing, which is keeping us safe on our roads instead of harassing, rounding up and arresting longtime undocumented neighbors – and even citizens.

Enough is enough.

Ike Koziol, University Park

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