From Harford County Councilman Mike Perrone Jr.:
Back in May of last year, I was in attendance at the dedication ceremony for the memorial to fallen deputies that was installed at the Detention Center. I can remember thinking to myself as I was sitting there: how wonderful it would be to come back here ten, twenty…forty years from now, and find the memorial looking exactly the same – never again to be touched by the hand of an engraver. Yet here we are, only nine months later.
During the ceremony, I found myself sitting and staring at the names:
DEP FRANK BATEMAN
DFC WILLIAM H. BEEBE, JR.
DFC TERESA L. TESTERMAN
CPL CHARLES B. LICATO
SGT IAN A. LOUGHRAN
Four of the five were within recent memory and while I remember reading about them, I still wondered: Who were they? What did they enjoy about life? How many lives did they touch? And who did they leave behind? But as much as I tried to give life to these five names, to me, they were still just names.
As much as we try to empathize with people when tragedy strikes in faraway places, there’s something that touches us a little more deeply when tragedy strikes closer to home. I didn’t know Senior Deputies Dailey or Logsdon personally. I had met Pat on a couple of occasions, and I knew who he was when I saw him around Joppatowne. I think about how much more tangible a tragedy feels when you have a memory to put with a name, but then I think about just how much more devastating and horrific it must be when those memories were of your father, your husband, your son, your brother, your brother in public service, or your friend.
I can’t fathom the pain. And so I ask our Heavenly Father to keep the Dailey and Logsdon families in His ever loving care, and I pray also that He keep watch over every man and every woman who put on a uniform and a badge, and who live by a code of honor and civility…in a world that does not.
Don’t smear the rest of the world to be dishonorable when the detention center your county upholds is nothing short of dishonor to those who get caught up in adhesion contracts with the courts. Using someone else’s misfortune to generalize the rest of the world’s honor makes me curious as to wondering if you see everyone in the private sector as savages. If you want ius civile to dominate, go to Europe, in North America common law prevails. Peace to those who serve, but when you live by the gun……especially when serving warrants in a police state.
Did you even read this? Do you have any sense of morality or does everything have to be politically motivated? This is a prayer from one Harford Countian to another. And since you refer to Harford County as “Your County” – maybe you should be concerned with your own.
Thank you for your comment, Really. Someone who reads Councilman Perrone’s heartfelt letter and determines it is a slam on society is truly lacking in critical thinking skills. This letter is about LOVE and respect for those who risk it all to keep us safe each day and their families.
Sui Juris is delusional and needs psychotherapy… negativity has a hold on his soul.
Do your history. In politics, death events tends to be used as fuel, almost like a life giving sacrifice. Have you ever heard of the “broken-window fallacy”? If so, then you would not think I am being so dark and in need of any therapy. No I am not being negative but I am calling a spade a SPADE. The only thing this council man LOVES is the appearance of self righteousness especially where he can display such image in an event which got nation wide coverage I believe? What about the other senseless violence? I do not see councilman making these stand and being available to the public. Try to call their phones. You will get a voicemail. Leave a message. You will get a non reply. I am all for the love, but the vanity will be addressed especially with so called public servants.
Plz Do your history. In politics, death events tends to be used as fuel, almost like a life giving sacrifice. Have you ever heard of the “broken-window fallacy”? If so, then you would not think I am being so dark and in need of any therapy. No I am not being negative but I am calling a spade a SPADE. The only thing this council man LOVES is the appearance of self righteousness especially where he can display such image in an event which got nation wide coverage I believe? What about the other senseless violence? I do not see councilman making these stand and being available to the public. Try to call their phones. You will get a voicemail. Leave a message. You will get a non reply. I am all for the love, but the vanity will be addressed especially with so called public servants….
History may show certain politicians use news to make their case – but this was different. And it was something that all Harford Countians felt – the pain of the loss of one of their own. Yes, there are senseless acts of violence all over this nation, but this one hit home. And for someone who is obviously not a Harford Countian to make those statements when wounds were so raw and hearts were so broken – well, it strikes a nerve. I am not a bleeding heart. I am also not political. I will vote my conscious and if feel that an elected official is not doing their job – I will let that be reflected with my vote. This was not the forum for doing that. May these men rest in peace and their families be protected from the obvious ignorance that runs rampant in our society.