After reading Mr. Nordquist's Feb. 12 letter to the editor about police officers writing tickets to raise city revenues, I just had to throw my two cents in from another perspective. I was walking on Thousand Oaks Boulevard that day. I noted all the activity that Mr. Nordquist alluded to, but it didn't "disturb" me.

The police activity appeared to be a special detail to target drivers who fail to stop for pedestrians crossing the street in a nonsignalcontrolled marked crosswalk. We've seen this done before on the news when other law enforcement agencies recruit Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny to cross the street and drivers don't even notice who is in the crosswalk.

This special detail was using a real person. Maybe that's why Mr. Nordquist didn't realize what was really going on.

It wasn't just a sneaky way to raise the city's revenue, but a way to try to make it safer for pedestrians in our community. Judging from the amount of tickets that Mr. Nordquist and I saw being issued, I would say the detail was a success.

I applaud the Ventura County deputies for running this type of proactive traffic enforcement. Next time Mr. Nordquist and his wife go to lunch, I suggest they walk down Thousand Oaks Boulevard and try to cross the street.

He might get a different perspective on why cops write tickets. Jim Barnett Thousand Oaks