By The Boston Police Department has announced that it has no plans to use marijuana and that it was not involved in any investigation.
If you’re wondering, the Boston Police Department is the same department that helped the cops from the Aurora, Colorado theater massacre to find the killers.
How do they know if it’s legal or not? The department says that it has no plans to use pot and that it was not involved in any investigation. The Boston Police Department also claims that it is not going to become a “marijuana police department”.
The Boston Police Department has been a thorn in the side of the legalization movement for quite some time. In 2014 the department’s chief Brian Rewards asked the Mayor’s office to conduct a study on the legalization of cannabis in the city and was told to “go fuck yourself”. The department also opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana in a recent press release. The department has also been the target of anti-marijuana sentiment due to some of its own officers being arrested for pot offenses in the past.
Now the same department is reportedly working with the city’s most well known cannabis dispensary, Greenmarket, to help them fight against legalization. The department recently hired a new chief of police and says they are planning to put together a team of officers to help in the fight against legalization.
I think this is a good thing because it shows that the police are still a force that can be used as a deterrent. I was talking to a friend last week about how I felt a certain department was doing a good job of policing, but that I felt the police were being overly harsh. This is an important thing to do because the police can be very helpful to weed smokers if they want to avoid dealing with the police. A police chief can give them more credibility as a result.
Yes, it’s true. I’ve seen many police officers give out $1000 to people to smoke pot. I’ve seen a few even get free tickets for doing so. It’s a great example of how the police can be used for good.
And yes, its true, the police department is being overly harsh. They have been accused of being racist for giving out $100 fines for people lighting pot inside their cars. They have been accused of being unsympathetic for arresting a man for lighting a joint while he was sitting in his car and then arresting him for possessing pot. They have been accused of being unhelpful for not giving out a public warning that smoking pot is illegal but they did.
The police department has since apologized for their misdeeds and it is important to note that they have a lot of great officers out there to work with. The fact that they have been so badly wronged, it is something that many people in law enforcement wish they would do more.
It has been a while since we heard about this guy, but it is worth noting that the police department in Boston recently acknowledged that they were wrong when arresting a man for smoking pot. Although it appears that the police department failed to give out an accurate warning, this is a rare incident, and a reminder that it is important to have a public warning about illegal activities.
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