POLICE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING STUPID THINGS IN PRIVATE

Carl Mumpower believes the government thru its police department can
protect a citizen who is doing something stupid in their own home. His
faith is misplaced. As a police officer, I learned we cannot stop
personal stupidity in ones' home. Only family and friends can help
someone with a personal demon. All we can do is put them in jail. How
is that helping?

Will North Carolina be able to afford to keep locking
up its citizens in the recession? Will it lay off college professors or
prison guards? Will we ever be as wise as our grandparents and end
this modern prohibition?

Officer Howard J. Wooldridge (retired), Washington, D.C.

Wooldridge is an Education Specialist, Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition (www.leap.cc)