DEAR RICK,

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN FOR THE VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES. I KNOW BETTER THAN MOST, BEING MARRIED TO A POLICE OFFICER, HOW HARD MOST OF YOU WORK TO GET THE DRUNK DRIVERS OFF THE ROAD. I ALSO KNOW HOW SOME OF OUR JUDGES FAIL AT KEEPING THEM OFF THE ROAD. WHAT IS EVEN SADDER, IS THAT WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU KNOW SOMETIMES DETERMINS YOUR SENTENCE.

IN MY CASE, MY DAUGHTER WAS BURIED ON A THURSDAY AND THE DRIVER, WHO WAS DUI, WAS CAUGHT THREE DAYS LATER DUI. SENCE THAT TIME, HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT AGAIN DUI. SOMETHING IS BAD WRONG WITH A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THIS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. HIS RIGHTS ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR SOCIETY THAN MY DAUGHTERS. SHE NO LONGER NEEDS HER RIGHTS.

I AM SENDING YOU MY DAUGHTERS PICTURES, AND ALSO PICTURES OF THE TRUCK SHE WAS IN. THIS IS NOT WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER WAS GOING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 100 MILES PER HOUR. SHE WAS THROWN THROUGH THE BACK WINDOW. SHE LIVED FOR 11 DAYS, KEPT ALIVE ONLY BY LIFE SUPPORT. SHE LEAVES BEHIND A NINE YEAR OLD SON AND A THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND A MOTHER THAT IS ENGULFED WITH GRIEF. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SHARE THEM WITH ANYONE OR BY ANY MEANS THAT MIGHT BENEFIT OUR CAUSE.

I KNOW THAT I AM JUST ONE PERSON, AND I KNOW THAT THE "DUI" AND THE ONES THAT PROTECT THEM FAR OUTNUMBER ME, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I AM GOING TO DO ALL THAT I CAN TO GET AS MANY OF THEM OFF THE STREETS.

I THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU, AND ALL THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THAT RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY YOU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM. I KNOW THAT THE REWARDS ARE SO FEW, BUT BELIEVE ME, THEIR ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT ARE SO GREATFUL THAT YOU ARE THERE.

GOD BLESS YOU

JENNY GILMORE