[Peace] Draft ordinance in Urbana first step to decriminalization

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Do you think that making it a ticketable offense will decrease or 
increase the rate of Police Intervention?

It seems to me that it might increase the rate of intervention since if 
it becomes a ticketable offense and hence a
new source of easily captured revenue for the never satisfied maw of the 
City.  They will be able to write
a ticket which is more easily processed than the criminal offense of 
common use that is presently oft ignored,
hence they may intervene more often.

Why is it important that policy be standardized rather than left to the 
officer who might decide to show mercy?

Brian Dolinar wrote:
> Tonight 7pm at Urbana City Council
> there will be consideration of a draft ordinance
> to make marijuana possession a ticketable offense, keeping people out 
> of jail.
> It is important that this policy be standardized and not left up to 
> officer discretion.
>
> Last year, 870,000 people were arrested on marijuana charges in the US.
>
> BD
> -- 
> Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
> 303 W. Locust St.
> Urbana, IL 61801
> briandolinar at gmail.com <mailto:briandolinar at gmail.com>
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