EX-TOP COP DVD VIEWED, REVIEWED

Lawmen who viewed former "Top Cop" Barry Cooper's "Never Get Busted
Again" DVD Friday at the Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph office likened
Cooper to a charlatan peddling old information.

Smith County Deputy Constable and Drug Interdiction Officer Mark
Waters said Cooper's DVD provided no new information and most could
be seen on shows pertaining to law enforcement like Fox's COPS.

"I would compare Barry Cooper to a snake-oil salesman and the
majority of his information is outdated," Waters said. "A lot of laws
have changed since the early 1990s when he was serving the public."

But Cooper, who was once hailed as the best drug interdiction officer
in the state by his superiors, counters that his DVD is meant for
civilians, not cops, and he believes the information will help
"innocent casualties" in the War on Drugs.

"This information has never been published and it will benefit the
lay person," Cooper said. "The 25 plus people we screened the DVD,
who were not in law enforcement, loved it. I'm not selling snake oil;
I'm selling a DVD to help American people stay out of jail."

"They reviewed the DVD and just went through the roof and they had
never heard some of that stuff before. They couldn't believe someone
was giving the information to the public and that was the goal to
teach civilians what cops know," he said.

Rex Waters, a computer technician in Mabank, said he saw the DVD
during the viewing and was happy to see the information.

"Look there's stuff on here that I and many others in the public
didn't know," he said. It's really going to help keep those who use
marijuana out of jail."

Never Get Busted Again

Cooper came into the spotlight in late December when the Tyler paper
learned about the DVD and Cooper's plans to share secrets of law
enforcement to those who may carry marijuana while on the highways of America.

Cooper told the newspaper in December that he believes marijuana
should be legalized, and that the imprisonment of those caught with
the drug destroys their families and fills up jails and prisons
across the country with non-violent offenders.

He added that methamphetamines, cocaine and crack should be
"eradicated from the earth" because they are dangerous drugs. But he
says marijuana is not.

"I know I won't be accepted by my peers here in East Texas, but in
other areas of the country I will be celebrated," he told the
newspaper then. "When I was raiding houses and destroying families,
my conscience was telling me it was wrong, but my need for power,
fame and peer acceptance overshadowed my good conscience."

Waters told the newspaper he was appalled by a former cop telling
drug users how to beat the system.

"It's an embarrassment to all law enforcement officers across the
United States, who put their life on the line every day," he said in
an earlier interview. "This is a slap in the face to all that we do
to uphold the laws and keep the public safe."

Cooper counters that he's upholding the highest law of the land - the
Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects citizens
against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Rights And Responsibilities

His attitudes changed, Cooper said, when he left law enforcement and
eventually faced arrest himself.

"I was the subject of unreasonable arrests and unreasonable searches
and the courts were doing nothing to protect my Fourth Amendment
rights," he said. "I know how it feels; I reaped what I sowed."

Much of the DVD discusses the issue of probable cause for searches;
Cooper talks about what constitutes probable cause and how drivers
carrying their "stash" can minimize their risks.

He also discusses canine search tactics and procedures - and what he
claims are some ways that unscrupulous dog handlers make their canine
partners "false hit" to indicate the presence of drugs where none exist.

Waters and other law men said that false hits indicated a "bad dog"
and are not commonly used by officers looking for drugs.

"That's a bad dog that does that and we train our canines to only hit
when there are narcotics present," Waters said.

However, Cooper claims any dog can be trained to indicate the
presence of drugs. That can provide police with the probable cause
they're looking for. Richard Dickson, an investigator Yoakum County
District Attorneys Office, said the credibility of the dog depends on
the credibility of the handler.

"Any dog can be trained to do anything, but it is not a common
practice," he said.

Dickson said a good canine works independently from his human counterpart.

"The dog should be allowed to work without any influence from the
handler and to make the dog false hit is criminal and the officer
should go to jail," he said.

Dickson said he wasn't surprised at the DVD and Cooper's plans,
"Barry Cooper is a businessman and out to make money and I am
disappointed that he did it," he said. "If he is teaching people to
hide criminal activity and putting the lives of those who uphold our
laws in jeopardy then I am very upset."

Cooper tells those watching the video to hide their stash, but if
pulled over and asked by the officers for permission to search to
allow the search.

He explained that consent would result in the officer usually doing a
quick check and not a full scale dismantlement of the vehicle.

"If they have stashed their stuff really well then let the officer
search or they are going to have a lot of officers and several
canines looking for a way into the vehicle," he said. "And they would
find a way into the vehicle."

Mark Waters said he would tell people to not waste their money on the DVD.

"I believe he is nothing but an opportunist and just trying to make a
buck," he said. "Save your money, most of this stuff is on COPS every night."

Cooper said he is trying to teach citizens their rights and hoping to
help change the opinion and laws on marijuana and those imprisoned on
minor drug charges.

"I hope the DVD is the gasoline that gets thrown on the fire that
helps release these prisoners of war," he said.