To the Editor:
On Sat., Jan. 10 while dropping wood at a friend’s house, I discovered a second level deck door open about two feet. Thinking the owners could possible be at camp, it was either blown open when left unlatched or it could have been a break-in… which, as I thought later, could still have been in progress!
I decided not to enter the building and instead, get professional help from law enforcement. Thanks to a quick call made by Kathy Williams (Wiscasset reserve officer) to Lincoln County, I saw two patrol cars arriving within about 10 minutes, possibly less.
The end result of this was that it was not a break-in and all was secured by the officers.
The reason for writing this is to ask everyone to take a moment to think how fortunate we are to have professional, respectful and well-trained deputies to be there when we need them. This could have gone another way and I am sure it would have been handled with just as much controlled professionalism as it was in fact that day.
My personal thanks to Deputies Brian Collamore and Henry Grenier for their response and the way in which they carried out their duties. Both deputies took the time to tell me I did the right thing by calling them. They said there would be far less accidents and fatalities if others would do the same.
Some would say, “They were just doing their jobs.”… I disagree, there are too many people who “just do their jobs”, these guys are far beyond anything to be described in that manner.
Respectfully, Jim Collins, Wiscasset
