POLICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REVEAL SOME OUT-OF-WHACK PRIORITIES

Referring to "Student faces drug charge" (Nov. 21), about a student
facing felony charges for pot being in her car: Let's get this
straight. The Anchorage Police Department has the time to track down a
1.75-liter bottle of Jim Beam whisky (leading to the pot find) and the
district attorney has the money to send a kid to prison for five years
for possession of a "small amount" of pot, but we have no resources to
investigate rape charges and must rely on volunteers to protect people
from violent crimes on the bike trails?

As a city and a state, we have clearly lost our way when it comes to
appropriate crime laws and enforcement focus. The district attorney's
office and APD should be very ashamed of themselves.

Dan Frank

Anchorage