Law Enforcement Issues

Terrorism
Blumner, Robyn. (2002, November 24). The Drug and Terror Connection. St. Petersburg Times.
Blumner writes about the connection between terrorism and drugs.

Sterling, E. E. (2002, June 4). Connect the Dots: You Don't Have to be an FBI Analyst to See the Picture.
Mr. Sterling writes about how drug prohibition enriches terrorists and criminals.

Sterling, E. E. & Pastore, N. (2002, May 31). Fighting Terrorism: Where should the law enforcement focus be?.
This unpublished piece compares the "War on Terror" with the "War on Drugs" and urges policy makers not to replace community oriented policing with anti-terrorism "super squads".

Sterling, E. E. (2001, September 20). A Major Risk of Hasty Anti-Terrorism is Ineffectiveness.
Statement of Eric E. Sterling at the Press Conference on the Release of the "In Defense of Freedom" Statement on September 20, 2001.

Police
Bulger, Adam. (2006, August 31). You Know The Drug War Is Going Bad When Law Enforcement Turns Against It. Hartford Advocate.
The Hartford Advocate newspaper reported on the formation of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc) and the speaking tour it is organizing in Connecticut. Eric E. Sterling, who serves on LEAP's national advisory board, is quoted at length in the story.

Sterling, E. E. (2006, June 25). West Hollywood Adopts a Sane Policy on Pot. Los Angeles Times.
CJPF President Eric E. Sterling had this letter to the editor entitled, West Hollywood Adopts a Sane Policy on Pot, published in the June 25, 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Times in which he applauded West Hollywood City Council's vote to make marijuana possession a low law enforcement priority.

Sterling, E. E. (2006, June 14). Better Policing Through Better Management. The Gazette.
The Gazette, the local paper of Silver Spring, MD, printed a letter to the editor from CJPF President Eric E. Sterling that highlights the fact that the county police department is putting more resources into making drug arrests than combating violent crime.

Violence
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