Pubdate: Sun, 21 Nov 1999
Source: Star-Ledger (NJ)
Copyright: 1999 Newark Morning Ledger Co.
Contact:  1 Star-Ledger Plaza, Newark, N.J., 07102-1200
Website: http://www.nj.com/starledger/
Forum: http://forums.nj.com/
Author: Tom O'Connell, MD and friend of MAP
Note: Headline by Newshawk

POLICE INDEED SENDING A MESSAGE

To the Editor:

There's at least one alternative to the "anti-drug message" police
think they may be sending to teens  by driving around town in
well-known  flashy cars seized from alleged drug dealers and tricked
out with light bars and other police car paraphernalia (Star-Ledger,
Nov. 21).

That message is that there isn't a whole lot of difference between
criminals who deal drugs and police;  both groups like flashy wheels
and are prone help themselves to whatever they can get away with.

TOM O'CONNELL MD 
San Mateo, CA 

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