New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Issues Memo Altering Marijuana Arrests Policy - CelebStoner.com: "SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2011 00:44
In a surprising memo, New York Police Chief Ray Kelly has instructed his officers to not coerce citizens they stop into taking marijuana out of their pockets and thus in "public view," which has led to the city's staggering high pot bust totals over the last 15 years.
“Questions have been raised about the processing of certain marihuana arrests,” Kelly writes. “A crime will not be charged to an individual who is requested or compelled to engage in the behavior that results in the public display of marihuana.” The act must be “actively undertaken of the subject’s own volition.”
Last year, 50,383 New Yorkers were arrested for marijuana possession. The vast majority of those arrests are a result of the police's stop-and-frisk policy. Critics have called for an end to these arrests for years. Recently, members of the City Council sponsored a resolution, joining the critical chorus. In the spring, bills were introduced in the legislature that would strike the language in New York's decrim bill that allows for in "public view" arrests."
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