Retired Arcadia Teacher and Friend Thank Arcadia Police

ByTerry Miller

LastFriday, Sept. 18, a retired teacher who goes by the name of Shih and her friendJudy, both residents of Arcadia, presented a large “Thank You” posterand 1,020 face masks to the Arcadia Police Department.

Afriend of Shih’s designed the border and Shih completed the project.

“Thenwith the help of Judy and my sister, we almost went door to door to askfriends, neighbors and others to sign the poster for us. It is time consumingbecause I am too shy to stand somewhere to ask people I don’t know to write andsign,” Shih said.

“Withthe help of three friends, we were able to purchase 1,020 masks to donate toour police department. We do this because we care. We believe at least themajority of the police officers care about our community. They are willing torisk their lives to protect us 24/7. When I saw police officers were attacked,my heart ached. We should not let a few bad apples ruin the whole basket. Weneed their protection. Those who want to defund or dismantle police departmentsare not thinking rationally. Do we want to further risk the officers’ livesbecause the criminals will be better equipped than the officers? There areother problems in our society. We can’t blame everything on the officers,” Shihcontinued.

“Iam one of the volunteers at the police department. I always have a fond memoryof an officer who loaned me his jacket during one cold night when I wassummoned to interpret at the crime scene because I was shivering even though Ihad a sweater on. He really warmed my heart. We all have the responsibility toshow the positive side of everything.”

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