Secession Scare

As a longtime union member and strong supporter of the necessity for organized labor in an equitable society, I am appalled at the scare tactics of the Police Protective League (“Police Unions Launch Anti-Secession Fight,” Aug. 7). If my distaste for the self-glorifying edifice builders and financiers of the L.A. establishment were not enough to dispose me toward secession, Capt. Jim Tatreau’s veiled threat, “I’m very confident Hollywood and the Valley will see it’s in their best interest to stay with this great city and this great Police Department,” pushes me over the edge. In our “best interest” indeed. Makes you think of Joe McCarthy or Tony Soprano.

Brooke Carlyle

Sherman Oaks