1 Jan 02

Warm greetings from a friend and trainer in South Africa:

"All the best from your far-flung and ever-striving cadre of instructors over here.

Our history is being written in blood, the blood of innocents and the blood of our untrained and poorly equipped police officers, who, nonetheless, go forward and try to do their job. We are averaging three police officers shot every week here in Capetown. In too many cases, there is the urgency here to get everyone "qualified," and a corresponding lack of concern about real learning.

Local politicians speak endlessly about "fighting crime," but the fact is, politicians benefit from high crime rates, and nothing is being done other than the usual useless talk."

These guys are true heroes! I am honored to have walked with them.

/John