Last Thursday afternoon I was traveling to my Bartow County home from my office in Cobb County. I got off of I-75 at exit 296 (Cass-White Road) and turned left going back over the interstate. There were two Bartow County Sheriff cars on the bridge, visibly running radar on southbound I-75 traffic. As I continued west, I saw a large number of Bartow County Sheriff cars lined up on the southbound on-ramp (7-8 cars), a mobile command unit parked in the grass, and several other law enforcement cars there (no State Patrol). I was both shocked and amazed at this latest show of disregard for Bartow county residents. We all realize that I-75 is a "cash cow" when it comes to writing tickets, but it should be left primarily to the State Patrol to enforce laws there -- Bartow County should only assist if requested. We need this same "detail" on Griffin Road, CCC Road, Highway 41, Cass-White Road, Hwy. 293, and many, many other areas in the county where speeders and locals break driving laws every day and endanger others. If we have better saturation of local enforcement throughout the county, these same local errant drivers will learn the hard way that all driving laws are being enforced, and law breakers will no longer be tolerated. Distracted driving has become an epidemic, and is killing and maiming people in Bartow County every day. We need law enforcement to protect and serve the people of Bartow County first, not sit in hiding on I-75 and write tickets to many who are just passing through........

John H. Cook

Cartersville