Does the Oak Harbor Police Dept. target our military? I was a passenger in a vehicle when we were pulled over by the police; the officer asked our driver if she knew why. Our driver said no and I had not detected any moving violation, either.

The officer stated that the registration was six months overdue. Our driver explained that her husband had been out of the country on military duty and that they had been told that the city of Oak Harbor was lenient and supportive if there was a delay. The officer then wrote out the citation anyway. The fine of $194 was paid at the police station the following week.

The problem with this is that there’s was a Texas license plate and there is no year sticker on the rear plate. So in order to know that the plates were a few months old, the officer would have had to run the plate number through the files before pulling us over. Was this a case of targeting since no moving violation had occurred? And wouldn’t it have been more supportive toward our military if a warning had been issued instead of an expensive fine?

I certainly think that our community owes more than this type of police officer’s behavior to the men and women who are serving our country for all of us.

Jeanne Longworth

Oak Harbor