Ex-cop plans 'Never Get Busted Again' video

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This is freakin funny...

He figured out a way for his training to work for him on the outside of law enforcement.

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Former Texas agent teaches how to hide, stash, and fool drug officers

TYLER, Texas - A one-time Texas drug agent described by his former boss as perhaps the best narcotics officer in the country plans to market a how-to video on concealing drugs and fooling police.

Barry Cooper, who has worked for small police departments in East Texas, plans to launch a Web site next week where he will sell his video, “Never Get Busted Again,” the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported in its online edition Thursday.

A promotional video says Cooper will show viewers how to “conceal their stash,” “avoid narcotics profiling” and “fool canines every time.”

Cooper, who said he favors the legalization of marijuana, made the video in part because he believes the nation’s fight against drugs is a waste of resources. Busting marijuana users fills up prisons with nonviolent offenders, he said.

“My main motivation in all of this is to teach Americans their civil liberties and what drives me in this is injustice and unfairness in our system,” Cooper told the newspaper.

Cooper said his Web site should be operating by Tuesday.

As a drug officer, Cooper said, he made more than 800 drug arrests and seized more than 50 vehicles and $500,000 in cash and assets.

“He was even better than he says he was,” said Tom Finley, Cooper’s former boss on a West Texas drug task force and now a private investigator in Midland. “He was probably the best narcotics officer in the state and maybe the country during his time with the task force.”

News of the video has angered authorities, including Richard Sanders, an agent with the Tyler Drug Enforcement Agency. Sanders said he plans to investigate whether the video violates any laws.

“It outrages me personally as I’m sure it does any officer that has sworn an oath to uphold the laws of this state, and nation,” Sanders said. “It is clear that his whole deal is to make money and he has found some sort of scheme, but for him to go to the dark side and do this is infuriating.”

Smith County Deputy Constable Mark Waters, a narcotics officer, said the video is insulting to law enforcement officials.

“This is a slap in the face to all that we do to uphold the laws and keep the public safe,” he said.

© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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That a cop would believe the war on drugs to be asinine is not without precedent. I was raised by a cop who held that opinion and have known other cops who feel the same.

Edited to: put a stop to the picking of nits.

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That a cop would believe the war on drugs to be asinine is not without precedent. I was raised by a cop who held that opinion.

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Not unusual at all

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Not unusual at all

Which is good.

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That a cop would believe the war on drugs to be asinine is not without precedent. I was raised by a cop who held that opinion.

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"not without precedent"? Based on those I know, it's extremely common.

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And based on those I have known, it is not. Your experience may vary. You may know the actual percentage of cops who hold this opinion of the war on drugs? I don't. That is why I used the phrase "not without precedent".

I thought that would be fairly obvious. Guess I'll need to keep in mind the needs of the audience in the future.

By the way, Kallend, do you get extra grouchy around the holidays?

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Kallend, do you get extra grouchy around the holidays?

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How is it grouchy to agree with him and say that the cops I know think the WoD is asinine?

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How is it grouchy to agree with him and say that the cops I know think the WoD is asinine?

I just have this picture of you cringing every time someone says "Merry Christmas" and you thinking to yourself "It's Winter Solstice, Asshole!"...or actually saying it.

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How is it grouchy to agree with him and say that the cops I know think the WoD is asinine?

I just have this picture of you cringing every time someone says "Merry Christmas" and you thinking to yourself "It's Winter Solstice, Asshole!"...or actually saying it.

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Merry solstice

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If this guy can make a few, or a lot, of bucks with a video demonstrating techniques for hiding your stash then more power to him!
But then, how many people who buy this vid realize the coppers will also watch it and get a few ideas of their own?

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How is it grouchy to agree with him and say that the cops I know think the WoD is asinine?

I just have this picture of you cringing every time someone says "Merry Christmas" and you thinking to yourself "It's Winter Solstice, Asshole!"...or actually saying it.

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Merry solstice

get is right... its

Merry Christmas
Joyous Yule
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Marijuana Arrests For Year 2005 -- 786,545 Tops Record High... Pot Smokers Arrested In America At A Rate Of One Every 40 Seconds

September 18, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA

Washington, DC: Police arrested an estimated 786,545 persons for marijuana violations in 2005, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised 42.6 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

"These numbers belie the myth that police do not target and arrest minor marijuana offenders," said NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, who noted that at current rates, a marijuana smoker is arrested every 40 seconds in America. "This effort is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources that diverts law enforcement personnel away from focusing on serious and violent crime, including the war on terrorism."

Of those charged with marijuana violations, approximately 88 percent some 696,074 Americans were charged with possession only. The remaining 90,471 individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes all cultivation offenses even those where the marijuana was being grown for personal or medical use. In past years, roughly 30 percent of those arrested were age 19 or younger.

"Present policies have done little if anything to decrease marijuana's availability or dissuade youth from trying it," St. Pierre said, noting young people in the U.S. now frequently report that they have easier access to pot than alcohol or tobacco.

The total number of marijuana arrests in the U.S. for 2005 far exceeded the total number of arrests in the U.S. for all violent crimes combined, including murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

Annual marijuana arrests have more than doubled since the early 1990s.

"Arresting hundreds of thousands of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly needlessly destroys the lives of otherwise law abiding citizens," St. Pierre said, adding that over 8 million Americans have been arrested on marijuana charges in the past decade. During this same time, arrests for cocaine and heroin have declined sharply, implying that increased enforcement of marijuana laws is being achieved at the expense of enforcing laws against the possession and trafficking of more dangerous drugs.

St. Pierre concluded: "Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers between $10 billion and $12 billion annually and has led to the arrest of nearly 18 million Americans. Nevertheless, some 94 million Americans acknowledge having used marijuana during their lives. It makes no sense to continue to treat nearly half of all Americans as criminals for their use of a substance that poses no greater - and arguably far fewer - health risks than alcohol or tobacco. A better and more sensible solution would be to tax and regulate cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco."

YEAR MARIJUANA ARRESTS

2005 786,545
2004 771,608
2003 755,187
2002 697,082
2001 723,627
2000 734,498
1999 704,812
1998 682,885
1997 695,200
1996 641,642
1995 588,963
1994 499,122
1993 380,689
1992 342,314
1991 287,850
1990 326,850

For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500. For a comprehensive breakdown and analysis of US marijuana arrests, please see NORML's report: "Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States".
http://www.norml.org/

Full text of the 1972 Shafer Commission report is available online at:
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/nc/ncmenu.htm

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Former Texas agent teaches how to hide, stash, and fool drug officers...

Maybe he's just going to sell the videos, then turn the names and addresses of the purchasers over to local authorities, who can moniter their actions...

He can get rich, and bust smugglers too!

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How is it grouchy to agree with him and say that the cops I know think the WoD is asinine?

I just have this picture of you cringing every time someone says "Merry Christmas" and you thinking to yourself "It's Winter Solstice, Asshole!"...or actually saying it.

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Merry solstice

And a Happy Ramachaunakwanzmas to you as well!

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Marijuana Arrests For Year 2005 -- 786,545 Tops Record High... Pot Smokers Arrested In America At A Rate Of One Every 40 Seconds

September 18, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA

Washington, DC: Police arrested an estimated 786,545 persons for marijuana violations in 2005, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised 42.6 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.

"These numbers belie the myth that police do not target and arrest minor marijuana offenders," said NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, who noted that at current rates, a marijuana smoker is arrested every 40 seconds in America. "This effort is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources that diverts law enforcement personnel away from focusing on serious and violent crime, including the war on terrorism."

Of those charged with marijuana violations, approximately 88 percent some 696,074 Americans were charged with possession only. The remaining 90,471 individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes all cultivation offenses even those where the marijuana was being grown for personal or medical use. In past years, roughly 30 percent of those arrested were age 19 or younger.

"Present policies have done little if anything to decrease marijuana's availability or dissuade youth from trying it," St. Pierre said, noting young people in the U.S. now frequently report that they have easier access to pot than alcohol or tobacco.

The total number of marijuana arrests in the U.S. for 2005 far exceeded the total number of arrests in the U.S. for all violent crimes combined, including murder, manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

Annual marijuana arrests have more than doubled since the early 1990s.

"Arresting hundreds of thousands of Americans who smoke marijuana responsibly needlessly destroys the lives of otherwise law abiding citizens," St. Pierre said, adding that over 8 million Americans have been arrested on marijuana charges in the past decade. During this same time, arrests for cocaine and heroin have declined sharply, implying that increased enforcement of marijuana laws is being achieved at the expense of enforcing laws against the possession and trafficking of more dangerous drugs.

St. Pierre concluded: "Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers between $10 billion and $12 billion annually and has led to the arrest of nearly 18 million Americans. Nevertheless, some 94 million Americans acknowledge having used marijuana during their lives. It makes no sense to continue to treat nearly half of all Americans as criminals for their use of a substance that poses no greater - and arguably far fewer - health risks than alcohol or tobacco. A better and more sensible solution would be to tax and regulate cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco."

YEAR MARIJUANA ARRESTS

2005 786,545
2004 771,608
2003 755,187
2002 697,082
2001 723,627
2000 734,498
1999 704,812
1998 682,885
1997 695,200
1996 641,642
1995 588,963
1994 499,122
1993 380,689
1992 342,314
1991 287,850
1990 326,850

For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director, at (202) 483-5500. For a comprehensive breakdown and analysis of US marijuana arrests, please see NORML's report: "Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States".
http://www.norml.org/

Full text of the 1972 Shafer Commission report is available online at:
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/nc/ncmenu.htm

I guess we are winning the war on drugs Sad. All about fuckin $$$$$$$$$. This shit has to cease

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Maybe he's just going to sell the videos, then turn the names and addresses of the purchasers over to local authorities, who can moniter their actions... He can get rich, and bust smugglers too!

That's what I was thinking as I read the article. Plus, he's sharing his knowledge of the really creative smugglers with other law enforcement.

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