New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2011. City police officers are to cease making misdemeanor marijuana arrests in cases where the contraband was not displayed in public view, according to an internal order issued late last week by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and reported by the New York Post.
Although simple marijuana possession is a noncriminal violation in New York, police can charge a suspect with a criminal misdemeanor if the marijuana is ‘open to public view.’
