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Citation vs. An Arrest: New dope policy in Pharr makes sense in Covid world

Citation vs. An Arrest: New dope policy in Pharr makes sense in Covid world

If you have an ounce of pot on you, make it two, and the police pull you over and discover the dope under your front seat – “That $#%@ belongs to my girlfriend, bro” – then you should probably hope you’re in Pharr, because under a new policy adopted last month by the PD, you’ll most likely be released, given a future court-appearance date, as opposed to an immediate trip to the city jail in handcuffs. Named the “Cite-and-Release policy,” it allows officers in the field the option to release a person with less than 2 ounces of marijuana, as opposed ...

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