Pubdate: Wed, 18 May 2005 Source: Post-Standard, The (NY) Copyright: 2005, Syracuse Post-Standard Contact: http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/686 Author: Ronald E. Mohar OPERATION IMPACT HAS MADE VISIBLE DIFFERENCE To the Editor: Stop playing politics with public safety! There is no question that Chauncey G. Parker (Sunday Post-Standard) is absolutely right that Operation IMPACT is producing impressive results. Putting aside Parker's impressive statistics, we can actually "see" the difference. Street corners which used to be filled with crack dealers selling their stuff have been noticeably empty. The corners are now empty because the crack dealers are in jail and any "wanna-be" dealers know that these locations are under close surveillance. Syracuse Police Chief Gary Miguel deserves credit for getting the city of Syracuse into the program. We needed a police chief like that and we need to keep that guy around for a long time. Anyone who opposes the IMPACT program on "political grounds" is seriously endangering the public safety. RONALD E. MOHAR Syracuse - --- MAP posted-by: SHeath(DPFFLorida)