To whom it may concern,

My name is Kevin Anderson and I reside in Waldorf, Maryland which is about 20 miles south of Washington, DC. Along with my brother who is from Virginia and family from Connecticut we attended the Inaugural Parade in honor of President George W. Bush.

What a pleasent surprise to learn the officers providing security in front of us were officers from the Cincinnati PD. I was standing on Pennsylvania Ave between 9th and 7th streets. The officers of the CPD could not have been more friendly and professional. I recall a few of the officers names. One was Officer Arnold I beleive and another was Officer McGinnis. I am sure I butchered the spelling of the names and hope they understand. Also another female officer who appeared to be supervising the line of security the officers provided.

My family and I arrived for the parade at around 10:00 am. The officers from the CPD were already standing and providing security despite the parade not starting for nearly 5 hours later. With very few breaks these officers stood along Pennsylvania Ave until the parade was over right around 5 pm. The day was very cold and these officers stood and provided security and represented the city of Cincinnati with great pride. Just based on these officers Cincinnati must be one wonderful place to vist, live and work.

I thanked a few of the officers for coming to the nation's capital to provide security in rather rough weather conditions. I hope all the officers arrived home safely and shared their stories of such a fantastic day.

I am a life long resident of the Washington, DC area (36 years) and just wanted to put in writing what a dedicated professional group of officers that represented Cincinnati so very well on 20 January. Perhaps you can pass this along to the Cincinnati newspapers and they could publish this email. Thanks again and please be sure to return in 2009!

Kevin Anderson
Waldorf, Maryland