POLICE INDEED SENDING A MESSAGE

To the Editor:

There's at least one alternative to the "anti-drug message" police
think they may be sending to teens by driving around town in
well-known flashy cars seized from alleged drug dealers and tricked
out with light bars and other police car paraphernalia (Star-Ledger,
Nov. 21).

That message is that there isn't a whole lot of difference between
criminals who deal drugs and police; both groups like flashy wheels
and are prone help themselves to whatever they can get away with.

TOM O'CONNELL MD
San Mateo, CA