EX-DRUG OFFICER PLANS TIPS VIDEO

Officials Express Disappointment With 'Never Get Busted Again'

An ex-Permian Basin Drug Task Force officer -- described as being a
fine lawman -- plans to sell a video that shows people how to get
away with having narcotics.

Barry Cooper, who also worked for the Gladewater and Big Sandy police
departments, will begin to sell his video "Never Get Busted Again"
beginning Tuesday.

Cooper said in a promotional video that "Never Get Busted Again,"
shows viewers how to "conceal their stash," "avoid narcotics
profiling" and "fool canines every time."

Some of the law enforcement officers Cooper previously worked with
expressed great disappointment Friday.

"He was very effective, and this is just a shame," District Attorney
narcotics officer Joe Commander said. "Barry Cooper was a very fine
officer, probably one of the best drug interdiction officers I've
ever worked with."

Cooper told the Tyler Morning Telegraph he made the movie because he
believes in the legalization of marijuana and thinks the fight
against drugs is a waste of resources. Cooper said arresting
marijuana users fills up prisons with nonviolent offenders.

"My main motivation in all of this is to teach Americans their civil
liberties. What drives me in this is injustice and unfairness in our
system," Cooper said.

Mike Tacker, a former Permian Basin Drug Task Force officer and
current UTPB police chief, said he doesn't believe Cooper's advice
will much fool police or their canines.

"No matter what information he gives people, it's hard to beat those
drug dogs," Tacker said. "I can tell you this from experience since
I've been in thousands of drug raids. No matter where you put the
drugs, we will find it."

Commander, who agreed with Tacker, said the canines are so well
trained that they would be hard to fool.

"Those canines are trained to smell the source, which is the
marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine -- and they eliminate odors to
smell the source," he said.

Tacker said the video could be a good thing for officers, believing
that Cooper is actually motivating police officers to work harder.

"Barry's giving law enforcement an incentive to work twice as hard to
fight the war on drugs," he said.

Commander said he was surprised when he first heard the news about
Cooper's plans to release the drug technique video.

"I was shocked, totally shocked -- I was beside myself when I heard
about it," Commander said. "I was in disbelief. Knowing what a good
officer Barry Cooper was, I was totally shocked by the path he has chosen."

Others were not as dumbfounded when they heard the news about Cooper's video.

"Well, it doesn't surprised me one bit," said Richard Dickson, Yoakum
County investigator and a former member of the Permian Basin Drug Task Force.

"I think the easiest way to say that was several of us were born to
be peace officers and some were born to be businessmen," he said. "He
was born to be a businessman."

Meanwhile Cooper said that as a drug officer he made more than 800
drug arrests and seized more than 50 vehicles and $500,000 in cash
and assets. Cooper plans to promote the video in newspaper ads and on
a Web site he'll launch Tuesday.