We trust local law enforcement to protect our community
Our local law enforcement officials have served Bonner County with professionalism, compassion, and fairness. We are confident that they don't need the "help" of armed civilians to patrol our communities.
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We, the signatories of this letter, implore local law enforcement to reject any such "assistance," and to take a firm legal stance against groups who would unlawfully seek to intimidate our neighbors and visitors.
AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING ARMED PEOPLE GATHERING IN OUR COMMUNITY
We trust that our local law enforcement officials can and will ensure safety in our community.
Dear Chief Coon, Chief Cornelius, Chief McLain, and Sheriff Wheeler,
The whirlwind of uncertainty this year has made it clear that we must commit, more than ever, to trust in the capabilities of our local police and sheriff departments to keep our community safe. While we respect the rights of responsible gun owners, we also trust in the ability of local law enforcement. We know that you and your respective departments can keep law and order, and that there is no need for armed people to gather together on our streets under the guise of protecting our community.
We are concerned about potential future incidents resulting in intimidating, possibly illegal, behavior against citizens and people in our community. We urge you to require prosecution of any individual violating Idaho code sections 18-3303 (Exhibition or use of Deadly Weapon), 18-3304 (Aiming Firearms at Others), 18-7008 (Trespassing), 46-802 (Unorganized Association Prohibited) and 18-711 (Unlawful Exercise of Functions of Peace Officers).
We hope that law enforcement officials in our cities and county will take a stronger legal stance against paramilitary activity given the information provided by the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection. We recommend that you reach out to members of local militia groups, gun clubs, and other organizations and individuals promoting armed presence in our community, and discourage their “assistance” in protecting our community. Given recent experiences in other U.S. cities, their presence may only make things more dangerous and make certain members of our community and visitors feel threatened and intimidated.
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We trust that our local law enforcement forces are fully capable of protecting and serving our community without the so-called assistance of unvetted civilians. Allowing armed groups to patrol our streets undermines your respective departments, and poses a real and present danger to our residents, visitors, and our peace officers. We do not need or want armed people gathering in a way that intimidates our community and visitors. With full confidence in you and your officers, we're counting on you to keep us safe. Can we also count on you to reject the "help" of unvetted civilians, and take a stand against armed patrols?
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Respectfully,
Bonner County Human Rights Task Force Board of Directors
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Your Constituents & Neighbors
(Please see list of signatories directly below)
Signatories of the Open Letter
Sandpoint,
Katherine Jenkinson
Sandpoint
Cynthia Kresch
Sandpoint
Allyson Unzen
Sandpoint
Carol Ballard
Sandpoint
Lynn Piper
Sandpoint
Kylie Presta
Kootenai
Amy Phillips
Sandpoint
Jacelyn Lawson
Sandpoint
Carrie Clayton
Sandpoint
Reid Treadaway
Sandpoint
Bob Livingston
Sandpoint
Chris Jones
Sandpoint
Nancy J Schmidt
Sandpoint
Robyn Roberts
Sandpoint
Tyler E. Haynes
Sagle
Becca Orchard
Sandpoint
Peter hicks
Hope
Jessie Grossman
Colburn
Michael Allard
Sagle
Judy Thompson
Sagle
Shirley Moore
Laumann
Rupert
Sandpoint, ID
Janae Dale
Ponderay
Samantha Dallas
sandpoint
Alani Strang
Sandpoint
Lydia Harrison
Sandpoint
Rob Harrison
Sandpoint
Vicki Longhini
Sandpoint
Regina Hoiland
Sandpoint
Martin Rubenstwin
Coeur d Alene
Chelsea Dickinson
Provo, UT
Sydney Foster
Sandpoint
Stephen Pultorak
Sagle
Kenneth Thacker
Sandpoint
Sandii Mellen
Sandpoiny
Alexandra Schulz RN
Sagle
Denise Zembryki
Sandpoint
Hiroko Tanaka
Hope
Mary Largent
Sandpoint
Gwen Le Tutour
Sandpoint
Dig Chrismer
Bonner County
William Kent
SANDPOINT
Duke Diercks
Sandpoint
Randy Evans
Sandpoint
Marion McNulty
Sandpoint
Edna Has versin
Sandpoint
Lisa Gerber
Hayden Lake
Leah Bentz
Sandpoint
Patricia Ramsey
Sandpoint
Charlie Parrish
Sandpoint
Tanner Welch
Sandpoint
Emma Johnstone
Sandpoint
Steve Tillberg
Dover
Lawrence Mooney
Hope
Dawn Brinker
Naples
Samantha Ryan
sandpoint
Warren Santoro
SANDPOINT
Leesa J Stefano
Sandpoint
Susan Dalby
Sandpoint
Mark Evans
Priest River
Elias Carlson
Sandpoint
Chuck Smith
Sandpoint
Jennifer Curto
Sagle
Kathy Berg
Sandpoint
Marty Betts
Hope
Neil Wimberley
Sandpoint
Beverly Newsham
Careywood
Melanie Habets
Sandpoint
Alicia McFadden
Sagle
Frank Hart Wakeley
Sandpoint
Shannon Abromeit
Sandpoint
Aaron Levi
Sandpoint
Sharon Anderson
Sagle
Eileen Sisson
Hope
Kathleen Huntley
Sandpoint
Tea Aunan
Samuels
Ed Buzbee
Sandpoint
Sherry Casamento
Sandpoint
Christine Owens
Sandpoint
Sue Peyser
Hope
Jeff Pennick
Sandpoint
Rae Charlton
Sandpoint
Dylan Bryan
Hope
Glory Whittaker
Dover
Susan Kubiak
Sagle
Robbie Gleason
Sandpoint
Julie Menghini
Kootenai
Margaret Mjelde
Sandpoint, ID
Alixandra Taylor
Dover
Philip Gervais
Petersen
Timothy Petersen
Sandpoint
Ann Neal
Sandpoint
Ken and Mary Jo Haag
Sandpoint
Carol Quintano
Hope
William H Percy
Dover
Julie Reister-Keaton
Sandpoint
Sera Johnson
Sandpoint
Robert Gilmore
Sandpoint
Michael Fisher
Sandpoint
Merry Brown-Hayes
Sandpoint
Glenn Goodman
Sandpoint
Rachel Castor
Sandpoint
Deborah J Todd
Sandpoint
Jo Roseborough
Sagle
Bill Tregoning
Sagle
Michele Tregoning
Sandpoint
Yvette McGowan
SAGLE
Phyllis Goodwin
Sagle
Jill Shelley Kahn
Sandpoint
Kathleen Crouch
Sandpoint
Molly McCahon
Sandpoint
Doris Hansen
Sandpoint, ID
Richard Sevenich
Sandpoint
Laurinda Mortensen
Sandpoint
John Anderson
Sandpoint
Carrie Logan
sandpoint
Tim H. Henney
Sandpoint
Dan Shook
Sandpoint
Katelyn Shook
SANDPOINT
Jennifer Ball
Sandpoint
Tom Renk
Sandpoint
Steve Willey
Sandpoint
Amanda L. Thomas, MPhEd, LAMFT
Sandpoint
Link Shadley
Sandpoint
Alara Langley
Sandpoint
Pamela Conrad
Sandpoint
Mark Terry
Sandpoint
Sherry Ennis
Sandpoint
Mary J Merrill
Sandpoint
Cari House
Sandpoint
Reid Weber
Sagle, Idaho
Suzanne Waldrup
Sandpoint
Stephen Meyer
Sandpoint
Joline Wolf
Sandpoint
Robin Campbell
Sandpoint
Reid Treadaway
Sandpoint
Ellen Weissman
Sandpoint
Erin Busby
Sandpoint
Sylvia Humes
Sandpoint
Wayne Pignolet
Sandpoint
Darlene Dibble
Dover
Marie Warren
Sandpoint
Marianne Love
Sagle
Michael Murray
Sandpoint
Maria Corsini
Sagle
Timothy Krech
Sagle
Susan Drumheller
Sagle
Kirby McKee
SANDPOINT
Linda Larson
Sandpoint
Paul Vogel
Sagle
Nancy Gerth
Sandpoint
Marty Stitsel
Sandpoint
Carrie Clayton
Sandpoint,
Katherine Jenkinson
Sandpoint
Meyla Bianco Johnston
Sandpoint
Amy Flint
Sandpoint
Jo Reitan
Sagle
Shannon Johnson
Sandpoint
Mike Allard
SANDPOINT
Sharon McCahon
Sandpoint
Lynn Bridges
Sandpoint
Carrie Clayton
Sandpoint
Jane Habermann
Sandpoint
Melodie Simmons
Sandpoint
Erik Daarstad
Sandpoint
Beth F. Allen
Bonners Ferry
Christi Kramer
Sandpoint
Irene Adler
Sandpoint
Peter Gilmore
Sandpoint
Brendan Naples
S
Victoria J. Fuller
Sandpoint
Renee York
Sagle
Victoria Reich
Sagle
Patricia R Mason
Sandpoint
Donald Laumann
Sandpoint
Michelle O'Connor
Sandpoint
Ethan Loper
Sandpoint
Naticia M Litven
Sandpoint
Quinn Pearlstein
Sandpoint
Brent Lockwood
Sandpoint
Jack Green
Sandpoint
Alan Hoiland
Sandpoint
Kristine Rae
Sandpoint
Georgia York
Sandpoint
Meghan O'Hara
Sandpoint
Janet Pultorak
Sandpoint
Edna Iverson
Sandpoint native
Dann Hall
Sandpoint
Michael Rancourt
Sandpoint
Melissa Davis
Sandpoint
Austin Diercks
Bonner County
Carlie Johanson
Sagle
Ann Masai Jones
Sandpoint
Dr Nancy J Schmidt
Sandpoint
Jackson Diercks
Sandpoint
Marsha Meury
Sandpoint
Joan Allen
Sandpoint
Martha Bowne
Sandpoint
Cheri Robbins
Ponderay
Velta shbrook
Sandpoint
Marcia Pilgeram
Sandpoint
Allyson Unzen
Sandpoint
Donna Parrish
Sandpoint
Doris Fuller
Sagle, ID
Margarite Corcoran
Sandpoint
Maureen Tillberg
Sandpoint Native
Sally Moon
Sandpoint
Carol C Ballard
Hope
Dennis Thibault
Bayview
Harvey Robert Brannigan
Sandpoint
Risa Devore
Sandpoint
Margarete Raiha
Sandpoint
Nate Weber
Sandpoint
Mark Weber
Sandpoint
Margaret Arndt
Sandpoint
Tamini Weber
Sandpoint
Robert Betts
Sandpoint
Aaron Cole
Sandpoint
Karen Trueblood
SANDPOINT
Bill D'Olier
Sandpoint
Laurie Shook
Hope
Vera Gadman
Sandpoint
Tom Tillisch
Dover
Marleigh Kopas
Hope
Mark Heisel
Hope
Carolyn Guldberg
Hope, idaho
Susan J Howard
Sandpoint
Julie Anderson-Dennis
Sandpoint
Coral France
Sandpoint
Christine Holbert / Lost Horse Press
Sandpoint
Paula Lund
Sandpoint
Cynthia Dalsing
Sandpoint
Amy Flint
Sandpoint
Terry A. Duncan
Sandpoint
Randy Cope
Sandpoint
Judy Lyding
Sandpoint, ID
Laura Adams
Sandpoint
Emily Batchelor
Sandpoint
William R Ouimet
Sandpoint
Molly O'Reilly
Sandpoint
Lynn Piper
Dover
Kim Bledsoe
Sandpoint
Jennifer Newton
Sandpoint
E Margaret Petersen
Sagle
Carolyn Winkelmann
Hope
Darlene K. Molsen
SANDPOINT
Chad Schobert
Sandpoint
Don Holland
Sandpoint
Travis Taylor
Sandpoint
Sandy Bessler
Sandpoint
Karen Glaeser
Sandpoint
Gretchen Fisher
Sandpoint
Julie McCallan
Sandpoint
Hattie Goodman
Sandpoint
Elizabeth Knight
Sandpoint
Elizabeth Parnow
Silverton
Diane Blanchard
Sandpoint
Linda Kirchmann
Sandpoint
Susan Prez
Sandpoint
Robin Dyck
Sandpoint
Christopher Munro
Sandpoint
Sarah Rusnak
Dover
Debra Butler
Sandpoint
Dave Lux
Sandpoint
Dawn Mehra
Sandpoint
Randy Thoreson
Sandpoint
Eli Sevenich
Sandpoint
Jill Trick
Dover
John Phillips
sandpoint
Jacquelynn Henney
Sandpoint
Patty Shook
Bonner County resident
Susan Bates-Harbuck
Sagle
Daniel Shlaferman
Sandpoint
Celeste B Grace
Sandpoint, ID
William Bruce
Sandpoint
Brooke Gaston
Sandpoint
Marty Bowne
Sandpoint
Nancy Renk
Sandpoint, ID
Mary Toland
Sandpoint
Lynn Bridges
Sagle
Judy Meyers
Sandpoint
Carol Holmes
Hope
Judith Butler
Sandpoint
Collin-Aldous N Beggs
SANDPOINT
Judith Clarke
Sandpoint
Julie R Meyer
Sandpoint
Sharon McCahon
Sandpoint
Erika Morin
Cocolalla
Todd Crossett
Sandpoint
Kathleen Roff
Sandpoint
Chuck Humes
Sandpoint
Tricia Dickens
Sandpoint
Steve Navarre
Sandpoint
Pamela Hartry
Sandpoint
James Mellen
Sandpoint
Terrell Cooper
Sandpoint
Marsha Lutz
Sandpoint
Gail Bryan
Sagle
Phyllis Shankman
Sagle
Michael E Bauer
Sagle
Cheryl McKee
Hope
Deborah H Owen
Dover
Jill Murphy
Sandpoint
Marlene Petersen
Sandpoint
Krista Eberle
Ponderay
Amy Phillips
Sandpoint
Jeanette K. Lucas
Sandpoint
Scott Unzen
Sandpoint
Shannon Abromeit
Ponderay
Nancy Britton
Sandpoint
Kylie Presta
Sandpoint
Ann D Berntsen
Sandpoint
Ronald D Jenkins
Sandpoint
Tess Howell
Sandpoint
Carrie Clayton
Sandpoint
Tobias Feulling
BONNERS FERRY
Zachary Hubbard
SANDPOINT
Jim Mellen
Hope
Dan McLaughlin
Sandpoint
Lisa Barth
Sagle
Brenda Hammond
Sandpoint
James Jeltes