Unsolicited advice for Peter Tesei: never, ever respond to critical letters to the editor.

Greenwich’s own, jerry dumas, had our local cops pegged (apologies and exception to GPD Folk)

Especially when it’s to the editor of a marginal publication. Tesei has taken to the digital pages of Greenwich Free Press to defend himself against a critic, and that’s just dumb: it lends an air of credibility to the original letter writer, and only strengthens his criticism, because why respond, unless it stings?

Many years ago, when printed letters to the editor of newspapers were the standard form of communication, I wrote one to Greenwich Time, poking fun at our local police force for letting one of our notorious Chimblo boys escape from a dozen officers who’d arrived at his house to arrest him. I suggested that twelve cops could have been posted, four each, to each side of the house, and prevented his escape, rather than pile the whole dozen of them on his front porch and ring the doorbell.

Imagine my surprise and delight to see a letter from a lieutenant of our GPD a few days later that started off, “we never respond to criticism from civilians but …” — I’d hit them! Hooray!

The Chimblo was apprehended a few days later, so case closed, but surely the image of Sam and Silo, looking stupid, persisted, thanks to the police department’s support.

So Peter, just ignore him.