COMBATING DRUGS

I'd like to address the article about Charleston City
Police officers being assigned to Interstate 95 patrols. As a retired
Navy Chief Petty officer, I can say that I'm tickled to death seeing
Charleston police take a pro-active role in combating the drug traffic
flowing up and down I-95, from Miami to New York.

I spent just shy of 25 years serving our country and saw personally
what drugs will do to people. I stand with Mayor Riley and Chief
Greenberg in keeping those drugs off Charleston's streets.

Perhaps the City Council needs to stop complaining about the cost we
taxpayers are paying for these patrols and help our police department
combat drugs, whether the drugs are in their districts or on I-95.

Shawn W. Helton,

North Charleston