[rellimpank]

---frankly, if I was a cop, I would as soon that the politicians didn't need to make my funeral into a campaign stop.

And furthermore , as a taxpayer, I fail to see the need for cops or fireman from all over the state to attend the funeral of someone they don't know--all on the taxpayer dime.

[Grut]

And furthermore , as a taxpayer, I fail to see the need for cops or fireman from all over the state to attend the funeral of someone they don't know--all on the taxpayer dime.

Agreed. These 'circus' funerals are nothing but a way to sell the police to the taxpayers as a sort of American Nobility. Commercial fishermen die on the job about twelve times as often as cops do.