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Pubdate: Wed, 28 Mar 2018
Source: Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Copyright: 2018 The Times-Picayune
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Website: http://www.nola.com/t-p/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/848
Author: Kevin Litten
NOPD MARIJUANA ARRESTS PLUNGED TO 1 PERCENT AFTER ORDINANCE CHANGE
People arrested and held on simple marijuana possession became nearly
non-existent in New Orleans in the year since the City Council passed
an ordinance that allowed police to issue summons instead of using a
custodial arrest.
City Councilwoman Susan Guidry shared data on Tuesday ( March 27 )
showing that just 1 percent of encounters between police and someone
accused of possessing marijuana resulted in an arrest between June
2016 and May 2017. A year before, 15 percent of people were arrested
for simple possession.
Between 2011 and 2014, the arrest rate was 72 percent.
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MAP posted-by: Matt
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