To The Editor:
If police training is not adequate, the requirements should be raised or upgraded. The cosmetology profession in Missouri raised theirs several years ago.
Law enforcement officials will meet this problem as they see fit but I find offensive the comparisons I have heard and read in the news media recently.
Ask the average person on the street who is more necessary and they will say their hairdresser or barber.
Please do not compare apples and oranges.
Jay Whitfield
Cape Girardeau
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