[5pt0Joe]

Thanks to everyone for keeping the thread going and for the compliments and opinions. I just want to get some things clear here and please understand I'm not taking offense to any comment posted here.

Nowhere did I ever talk about playing with it in public. As a matter of fact, please note that pictures show the lights on. Also note that it is in my backyard! The local officers wanted to see it and hear it, so that is why I'm going to the police station to show it. Note, although a public place, IMO, it is the best and safest place to show them. Not mentioned, many people at work want to see it lit up. I have already told them that I will do it one day only and it will be in the rear of the building next to the loading dock... out of public site and mind. Noticed I said lit up, nothing about a siren. I told them I don't want to draw attention. I might even have some police there as well, as other "local officers" are in the surrounding towns. I live in the sticks of NH, so I consider "local" everything in a 30-mile radius!

One thing that I also failed to mention is that most of the shows I go to, I'm an active member in the club, hence why I stated that many of them are expecting to see the progress. Those clubs are ok with me coming in and turning on the siren for a quick moment. The only car shows I plan on not doing it even if asked to do so is at the NE Dragway shows, as people will be drag racing while the car show is going on.

To quote one of my previous posts... "You don't have to worry about me blasting the sirens and lighting up every place I go. I actually will not even use the siren in my own door yard, as I live right in the center of town." Not to offend anyone, but I think this was missed by a few. By no means do I want to be un-courteous or disrespectful to anyone, current/retired officer or civilian. That is where there appears to be a misunderstanding in the thread.

Although I feel like I'm getting hounded by certain remarks (once again, no offense taken by any), I think it is because there is a misunderstanding. I actually enjoy reading about everyone's thoughts on having and using a siren, as I think that it sparked an area that hasn't been entered in a while, especially the parts mentioned as to what it means in general and personally. I very strongly respect that. Please be assured, I mean no harm to the SSP community and please don't think that I'm going to hinder it irresponsibly by "dicking" around with a siren. I plan on being responsible about it, but it seems as though for some, no matter what one does, not everyone is going to approve of it just like everything else in life.

I really appreciate the posts regarding the "get ready to answer questions." As mentioned before, I think of car events as a social gathering! To go along with that, since redesigning my website, I now have matching business cards to hand out at shows to encourage people to keep in contact and keep up with the progress on both of my SSP's!

Once again, thanks for all the compliments on the TX DPS!