NYPD Will No Longer Arrest People For Smoking Weed In Public – IOTW Report

NYPD Will No Longer Arrest People For Smoking Weed In Public

Breaking 911: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill today announced a new policy to reduce unnecessary marijuana arrests. By September 1st, 2018, the majority of New Yorkers found smoking marijuana in public will face criminal summonses instead of arrest– continuing a significant shift in overall marijuana enforcement to better balance fairness with public safety and quality of life concerns. The change is the result of the final report and recommendations produced by the 30-Day Working Group on Marijuana Enforcement that convened in May, and according to NYPD projections, will likely reduce overall marijuana arrests in New York City by about 10,000 per year based on 2017 arrest records and patterns.

New Yorkers will still be subject to arrest if they are on probation or parole, if they have existing criminal warrants, don’t have identification, have a recent documented history of violence, or their smoking poses an immediate public safety risk—such as while driving a car. The new policy builds on previous efforts by Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD to strike a balance on marijuana enforcement between fairness and safety. In 2017, the NYPD made 64 percent fewer arrests for possession from 2010, going from 53,000 to 19,000 arrests. Of these arrests, 50,000 were for smoking in public in 2010 compared to less than 17,000 in 2017. more

SNIP: If you read on, you’ll see the whole point of this new policy is to not arrest “Brown and Black men.”
Because being arrested  would affect their chances of being employed- As if they were all on their way to  job interviews when they were busted. But if these “Brown and Black men” are continual offenders (parole and probation violators, as an example),  how does this help keep them out of jail? And what happens if they ignore the summons?

15 Comments on NYPD Will No Longer Arrest People For Smoking Weed In Public

  1. Mayor Wilhelm is just lazy. He doesn’t have the energy to actually enforce laws that will make life better in NYC. What’s next? Public pooping on the streets because they do it in SF?

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  2. New Yorkers found smoking marijuana in public will face criminal summonses instead of arrest.

    Maintain the revenue stream from the fines while reducing the costs of a conviction…

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