DARE's BUSTang hits the streets

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office's BUSTang, a souped-up Ford
Mustang used in the fight against drugs, recently took home first
place at the National DARE Conference in Orlando.

The BUSTang competed with more than 60 cars used in DARE, or Drug
Abuse Resistance Education, programs and was deemed the "best DARE car
in the nation," according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office, students in Franklin County Schools and Williams
Communications Inc. designed and created the BUSTang, a 2006 Ford Mustang GT.

"It's a cool and unconventional way of getting out the message to kids
to stay off drugs, and I think it's getting their attention," said
Scott McGuire, installations manager of Williams Communications Inc.
of Tallahassee.

McGuire and his team equipped the car with a 2,000-watt stereo system;
an 800-MHz radio system; 200 LED lights; eight speakers and a DVD
multimedia system including two video monitors.

Sgt. Ryan Sandoval, DARE officer, will use the car to educate students
with a DVD show and with a fiberglass molded display containing a
substance-abuse-identification kit on the floor of the trunk.