NYPD Ordered to Stop Marijuana Possession Arrests

[Tony Aroma]

Wow!

Both city council members and state representatives have recently taken up the call to end the practice. A bipartisan bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot in public view recently introduced in Albany.

"Questions have been raised about the processing of certain marihuana arrests," Kelly wrote in the internal order delivered to commanders this week. "At issue is whether the circumstances under which uniformed members of the service recover small amounts of marihuana ... from subjects in a public place support the charge of Criminal Possession of Marihuana in the Fifth Degree.

"The specific circumstances in question include occasions when the officers recover marihuana pursuant to a search of subject's person or upon direction to the subject to surrender the contents of his/her pockets or other closed container. A crime will not be charged to an individual who is compelled to engage in the behavior that results in the public display of marijuana. Such circumstances may constitute a violation of [the decriminalization statute], not [the possession in public view statute], a Class B misdemeanor.

"To support a charge [under the possession in public view statute], the public display of marijuana must be an activity taken under the suspect's own volition. Thus, uniformed members of the service may not charge the individual with [violation of the possession in public view statute], if the marihuana recovered was displayed to the public view at the officer's discretion."

Here's the entire memo.

 

[budbasket]

Nice! I live no where close to there but there is a lot of political power associated with New York. Might help us out in the Midwest, some day. -basket

 

[igrowone]

this is way overdue, and it's all over NY
leo will maneuver a bag of weed into being displayed somehow
and a violation turns into a misdemeanor

 

[COOKIE MONSTER]

Wow!



Here's the entire memo.

Sounds good, cops dont bust you for a reefer and they have more time to deal with real crime...everybody wins.

 

[FRIENDinDEED]

ah yes!! me thinks the quality in washington square park and thompkins square park will be getting quite better and so will those lovely odors wafting through the air during a summers night during the free movie nights

it took a minute but maybe NY is coming back to its senses

 

[terpene dreams]

CA leo thinking is finally making it to other states. Hopefully all 50 states can adopt this way of thinking.

 

[igrowone]

CA leo thinking is finally making it to other states. Hopefully all 50 states can adopt this way of thinking.

i think it's being forced on them
i see much more cocaine/meth/heroin/oxycontin felony arrests in upstate NY
the jails have a full house, and it's not getting cheaper to house them
reality is coming home to roost

 

[GDB]

Logic being applied to governing practices? Cue Twilight Zone music.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

This may move New York down on the list of Draconian BS states. Oklahoma is number one atm. life in prison for has or kif or grinders. I think New York is in the top ten though for sure.

 

[AOD2012]

Yea I live about 40 miles out of NYC, and these tactics have been such bullshit. These cops get dudes to show them there bud, and BAM, the cuffs go on, as its a crime and no longer a violation once it is in public view.

I fucking hate NY cops, motherfuckers pull me over and all i have is a half ounce of the DANKNESS and i get charged with a fucking DWI. now i have to spend a shit ton of money and fight in in court.

one step in the direction.


aod