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Dallas Police Chief David Brown: Swapping arrests for tickets in marijuana possession cases ‘hard to argue with’

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 12/10/2015 - 18:46

Dallas Police Chief David Brown says he has mixed feelings about writing tickets instead of making arrests when people are caught with small amounts of marijuana.

But, the chief said Tuesday, the approach is “just so damn practical.”

At a meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Public Safety Committee, police officials and council members discussed whether to try a “cite and release” pilot program.The committee referred the idea to the full council without a recommendation.

A Texas law passed in 2007 allows police departments to issue citations instead of making arrests for some minor offenses, including possession of four ounces or less of marijuana. The approach is meant to save time and money: It keeps people out of jail, and it frees up police officers to spend more time on the streets. It does not change the crime’s penalty.

Tuesday’s discussion about cite and release followed a police presentation about struggles with 911...

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