Graham, Donna
From: Tom Lanzarc@ ia eee
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2021 1:10 PM
Ta: Board of Aldermen; Carignan, Michael (Police)
Subject: From State Representative Lanzara
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Good afternoon,
| would like to speak on behalf of citizens who are not in favor of changes to the Nashua Police
Commission.
Installing this would impact citizen protections starting with the elimination of officers who are
currently women and minorities. They are the officers who will be affected and the first to be cut.
Please explain to me why this would be a desired outcome that is the opposite with what our City has
been trying to accomplish.
To hire and train officers costs the taxpayer money and the investments already put into Nashua
officers would be wasted. [If rehiring would occur it is possible that the candidates previously selected
would not return as they may have moved on to another department or career altogether. Please
explain how it makes the community safer by taking away these positions and using taxpayer-funded
dollars and how it serves the community instead of serving an ideology of some.
If it's really a helpful and good idea it should be open for more discussion, debate and more facts to
be revealed. The agenda of the people is not being met by rushing such a huge change. More facts
should be given to the public. In not doing so paints the picture that there is an agenda behind this.
Nationally the Nashua Police have one of the highest scores for a department. Please explain to me
why this change would be beneficial when any corrections that need to be made can already be
made now as is. Nashua citizens will not get served the service they deserve and have trusted you to
keep,
in an economic crisis, please explain how it serves the entire community to focus on changes such as
this. Motivated by attempting to appear to serve the minority while this change does not.
if passed, this would leave the future of Nashua further away from achieving what it has set out to
accomplish and worked so hard to get to where it is today. Explain to me why this would be good. A
change here is not needed. It is only hurtful to our amazing City and the resources would be better
served in other areas that are in much more need of our City officials time and energy. | would be
happy to sit down with you and talk about those many ideas.
Thank you for your time as | know how much of it you dedicate to the Board. Thank you to those who
have reached out to me regarding State of New Hampshire topics that can benefit Nashua. | continue
to listen.
Thank you,
State Representative Thomas E. Lanzara, Nashua
340 Broad Street, Nashua 1
