Our friends at the Urbana American Legion Post 71 have made us aware of a group of so-called activists who appeared at last month’s Urbana City Council meeting. These individuals argued that honorably discharged veterans should not only be not given hiring preference for police officer jobs, but that veterans should be excluded from consideration altogether.
Why is that? Reportedly, they believe that military veterans are mentally defective as a result of their service.
The Urbana Police Chief, Pat Connolly, has come out in strong support of hiring veterans.
(Via News-Gazette) – …some of our finest moments as a police agency resulted from the actions of veterans, like when — instead of pulling out his firearm — an officer chose to use his own body to shield a 3-year-old child from another individual with a gun. Recently one of our ex-military officers intervened when a citizen went into cardiac arrest, and his efforts were credited with saving that citizen’s life. Another officer — also a military veteran — ran into a burning building to evacuate its residents, a selfless act that removed eight people from a life-threatening situation.
The mission of the Urbana Police Department is to enhance the quality of life. Military veterans have and can continue to help our agency accomplish this mission, and I believe we owe our veterans a great deal for their selfless sacrifice and commitment. While the need for building a diverse organization is recognized and appreciated, to specifically and intentionally exclude military veterans from that process is a travesty.
The American Legion post is asking for more level-headed members of the public to contact Urbana’s Mayor Laurel Prussing and the members of the Urbana City Council to urge her to to continue with hiring preferences for U.S. servicemen and women. Don’t think for a minute there isn’t a possibility that these moonbats’ proposal might gain traction. Urbana has a long history of hard-left political leanings.
Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing.
Urbana, IL 61801
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