On Sept. 29 in Dover-Foxcroft, there was an incident involving a police officer and a suspect which resulted in a standoff situation. I have every reason to believe the local police could have taken care of this problem effectively.

Sitting in front of my office window I counted 14 police vehicles and men respond up Route 7 driving 60 to 70 mph. The needless caper could have caused serious injury or even death.

When I went home I told my wife it would be quite simple to discharge a tear gas bomb into this building. Guess what? At 9:20 p.m. they shot in the tear gas and the incident was over.

Whoever was responsible for discharging such an army of officers and vehicles should be reprimanded severely.

Herbert L. Brooks

Dexter