Letter: Acushnet police station needs more thought  Now that the
elections are over I feel it's time to deal with our town's
issues. I missed the Town Meeting, but I saw the video. I would
have gone along with the women who asked the article be tabled.
Not because I'm against building a station, but for other
reasons.  Imagine a call comes in for an emergency on Main
Street, between Hamlin and Leonard streets. A cruiser would have
to travel down Hamlin or Leonard to arrive at the scene. Did you
have any input from the officers about the route they would have
to take, and how that would affect their safety and arrival
time?  Going South, the officers would have to go to Belleville
Avenue to the light and take a left to answer a call on South
Main Street. An officer's job is dangerous enough without having
to deal with this route. Again, the station belongs on Main
Street. If this is part of the master plan so proudly referred
to by Selectman Wojnar, then I would think the plan needs to be
tweaked.  The cost to