The top crimefighter in Brooklyn announced last week that he will stop prosecuting most low-level marijuana cases.
What is the policy in Berks County?
It’s up to District Attorney John Adams, and he hasn’t yet answered my inquiry.
Reading Police Chief Bill Heim said his department has not changed its pot-busting practices and has no policy about the enforcement of low-level marijuana violations.
“I would not object to the possession of small quantities of marijuana being handled by the issuance of summary citations instead of misdemeanor arrests, but currently there is no provision in the law that I’m aware of to do that in Pennsylvania,” Heim wrote in an e-mail.
Berks County cannabis control seems to have eased a bit. In 2013, according to state records, police made 66 arrests for selling marijuana in Berks, down from 98 arrests in 2007.
In 2013, police made 467 arrests in Berks County for possessing marijuana, down just a bit from the 471 arrests for possessing pot in 2007.
In unprogressive Pennsylvania, the war on weed is leaving more casualties -- across the state, police made 16,367 arrests for possessing pot in 2007 and 17,937 arrests in 2013.
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