Thank you, sir, for expressing your condolences, and thank you for previously serving on a police services board.
It has dramatically impacted our members and Greg's family. Their lives are changed forever. We will have police officers who will never come back to work because they have been so dramatically impacted by this. We have others who will live in fear of every radio call and every traffic stop they make. We have their partners and their children living in fear every time they walk out the door to go to work.
These are not conditions that those we rely upon for the sanctity, safety and security of our communities should have to face. We, as officials, have the ability to make some meaningful change that will bring some peace to them, some resolve, and ensure that we have their best interest and safety in mind.
There's no other profession in which each and every day they risk not only their personal safety but also their psychological well-being, and the sanctity of their families, for our safety and well-being.