Sentences with phrase «arrest people caught»

More than 70 percent of voters approve of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to not arrest people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana, but the racial gap over the mayor's performance continues to widen, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

They are also calling on the NYPD to no longer arrest people caught smoking marijuana in public, and issue a summons instead.

Since 2014, police have generally issued summonses to people caught with 25 grams of marijuana, with certain exceptions, but continued to arrest people caught smoking in public.

Johnson, Sharpton and other Council members also called on cops to give summonses instead of arresting people caught smoking pot in public.

Not exact matches

The de Blasio administration scaled back arrests for pot, typically arresting people only when they're caught smoking in public, and instead giving a summons when someone has pot on them but isn't smoking it.

In total, the latest round of arrests makes 39 people that the city has caught illegally collecting subsidies from the Section 8 housing program, according to the New York Post.

He could, as well, have declared that after the swearing - in of the new administration, anyone caught for corrupt practices would not only be arrested and prosecuted but listed in the National Database of Corrupt People (NDCP).

«Yes, it's down significantly from the height of stop and frisk, but there's still lots of people that are getting caught up in these marijuana arrests» Alyssa Aguilera, executive director of VOCAL - NY, said.

District attorneys and others have called on cops to issue summonses instead of arrests for people caught with pot.

Starting on Nov. 19, people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana will in most cases receive a summons and a fine ranging from $ 100 and $ 250, rather than being arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession, Bratton said.

Go ahead and pop the champagne: the NYPD will no longer arrest most people who are caught drinking alcohol in public in Manhattan, the city announced today — but they can still get a summons.

Fingerprinting has several advantages when trying to catch tax dodgers, but mainly that it helps to catch an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing since it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any accused who may leave the country to avoid facing penalties.

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Twenty - six people were arrested and the action made front page news locally, and caught the attention of several national outlets.

Twenty - six people were arrested and the action made front page news locally, and caught the attention of

This is because the person is in fear of being arrested for another crime, and decides to attempt to elude law enforcement in order to avoid getting caught.

Earlier this week, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin released his report into the use of a secret regulation that gave police what he called «extravagant» and «likely illegal» powers to crack down on peaceful people protesting last summer's G20 summit in Toronto or to arrest uninvolved, simply curious citizens caught in the vicinity of the security fence around the summit location.

It now seems that Europe is finally catching up, which is for the better, as the legal consequences of export violation are severe; it is a crime, penalties can be levied, arrests are possible, and there are personal consequences for people that intentionally violate rules (get fired, imprisonment etc.).

The Northern Territory's Attorney General said that the new paperless arrest laws make it simpler for police to «catch and release people».