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NY COP FORUM JANUARY 2001

HOW GOES THE "WAR ON DRUGS"?

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I am an NYPD detective in the narcotics division. War on drugs? If the U.S. were attacked on a weekly basis by the same invading army, would we fight back only after they landed in our towns? Or would we strategically bomb their airports, seaports, and bases so that they wouldn't be able to get here in the first place? If there is ever to be a "war" on drugs, I should think that the fighting would have to commence some time before the enemy gets here.

BIGMIMMIE@AOL.com


Loser.Legalize. Live.


fritzzel@katynet.com


WHEN THE CONGRESS GET THE GUTS TO WRITE LAWS THAT ALLOW OPERATIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HAVE DO NOT SERIOUSLY WIPE OUT THE DRUGS BEING GROWN AND WHEN THE FEDERAL COURTS REALIZE THAT THE REALLY HIGH TRAFFICERS ARE WELL CONNECTED. PERHAPS THE WAR MIGHT START

CELTICTEN@AOL.COM


I like "quality of life", but whatever happened to "major case"? It seems that we are keeping the prison builders in business and every 17-year-old kid in the city has a rap sheet for drugs. If we put as much effort and resources into major case as we do "buy and bust" and producing statistics for the mayor, we might really fire the first shot in the war on drugs and arrest and convict those really responsible. Just one mans opinion!
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DZDOSEIT@aol.com


I think the war on drugs was lost before it ever began. The answer is in education and treatment not throwing people in jail. What scares me the most is it seems that most Federal State and local jurisdictions have gone into the drug business themselves. Many cities could not function were it not for drug seizures. Just as scary are the new civilian drug enforcement agencies that are popping up all over the country. Drug enforcement agents, local F.B.I. and D.E.A. are retiring from govt. service and taking their informants with them. Then they are getting paid huge finders fees. This is a national disgrace and a threat to the civil rights of many people who could be entrapped for huge finder's fees. The name of the group is" impact" and it is staffed by local and federal
people. But it is my understanding that many of the people have gone private
and have taken their sources as well and now they get paid percentage. The US
Att. office is hesitant to take the cases because of this arrangement please
Look into it and let me know. I don't think drug enforcement in America
should be taking this turn.

Anonymous


"The War On Drugs" is a rather pat, media created phrase which intends to imply that fighting the drug trade and drug use in the United States is a costly and (in the end) futile endeavor. I completely disagree with this premise.  In urban areas  (as well as suburban, I'm sure) drugs is the common denominator which fuel violence, street crime and a general atmosphere of lawlessness. The "Crack Wars" in NYC in the mid-80s and early 90s are a testament to the corrosive effects of narcotics on a modern society.  What the liberals, pseudo-intellectual academics and media fail to comprehend (and will never admit) is that basic and sustained narcotics enforcement WILL eventually SIGNIFICANTLY lower the incidence of crime in a given area.  The most important effect of Narcotics Enforcement is NOT arresting drug dealers but the collateral benefit of preventing other crimes (Burglary, Robbery, GLA etc). This is accomplished by repeatedly locking up career criminals while they are engaged in narcotics transactions, buying or selling. Having spent two years running Buy and Bust Operations and executing search warrants in Bklyn North, I speak from experience. The NYC of the mid 80s was a place where Narcotics "enforcement" was a joke. So much so that a few drug dealers thought nothing of executing PO Ed Byrne as he sat in a marked radio car. The NYC of 2001 is a different place and, in part, this can be attributed to the relentless and intelligently aimed and executed Narcotics enforcement of the NYPD.    That's just one reason why we deserve a big raise.

WayneO1773@aol.com


EDITORIAL NOTE:

This forum question is of such importance, that it will be an open question. Responses will be posted each month.

Regarding the response by 'ANONYMOUS": What is "IMPACT"? The use of former DEA OR NARCO detectives and their confidential informants for drug enforcement and use awards for information? We would appreciate any feedback.

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