One of the glaring, eyebrow raising issues police everywhere, some legislators and residents have with the Marijuana bill Governor Murphy signed is that an officer may face 3rd Degree Criminal charges for doing what used to be their job until two weeks ago, questioning or initiating an investigation in possession or lawlessness of someone with weed.
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The way things currently stand is that police can face 3rd degree criminal charges for depravation of civil rights if they initiate that type of investigation or detain a minor on that offense, under the new guidelines.
"We're going to be dealing with individuals a lot less, because we can't initiate an investigation if we smell the odor of marijuana. If my officers do investigate, there's something in the law that makes my officers criminally liable,"