Dear Editor: I am a dog owner and a mother, and absolutely in agreement with the need for children, sunbathers and picnickers to enjoy the grassy areas of parks without the worry, sight, smell or contact with that which dogs leave behind. Recently, having taken my dog to the dog run where she evacuated the “Science Diet,” I cleaned up and left. It was a beautiful evening, and I walked her on a leash to Frank Sinatra Park, where she has never once walked on the grass. We walked to the river where she waited for me to find a stick to toss. This has been a ritual. When we were done, I then sat on the stone steps. A beautiful scene, children join us and ask if they can pet her or throw the stick. There are also couples talking, families eating, skateboarders, bicyclists, all kinds of people enjoying the comfortable atmosphere, food and scenery, many of which being quite entertained by the controlled antics of both child and animal alike. The police and the parks authority are doing their job, often compassionately, and most of the time reluctantly, as a number of them have dogs themselves. I am disgusted and feel pity for such a joyless, bitter person that felt the need to call the overloaded police department on such a beautiful and peaceful evening because of me enjoying the park with my dog. A patrol car was taken, perhaps from a more serious situation, and a policeman was forced to become an ogre in the minds and eyes of happy, smiling children, setting an example and message so unnecessary, while trying to implant respect for the men and women in blue, in the impressionable minds of the young. I do hope that you can read this with or without having a conscience. I pray that your life will take a turn for the better and include a few more well focused priorities. Joan C. Waddington