fiisiaresaoi offenders gxiSty cf xssrijuaza possessioa
m'cal te lift the bsf" as nadi as they hsvs la
ths pzst tscEEse of a new xrusdetneanox policy feylEracnt
ci l y Lancastsr Comity law officers.
lis rrw policy heidles iniisdsrssanor offenses, fcclbd
2T3 csrjtssa possession, each fee sssa way as teffic .
vLchtis. Offenders are issued a citation rather thsa
l-sir fca to city csr coimty courts for booing and
fining, Id Dsrnard iliQin, chief c-qsuty ' coiay
attorney. .
Under the cew policy, persons found with less thsa a
pound of Effirfasm ia Heir posxssoa for porsossl ess
wi3 liff tic weed xeraoscd and be cited for the offense.
The dtitica r3 ir: the d-te far a cost zssasct
fax the ddailzrX fliers fee can appeal tils case, and pan
idxraect, if airy, eta be ivrn, aasoriSicg to 1 dcGina.
If fiie officer finds the meed lhlg aaed for fcca
personsT" purposes, such as distribution, the offender w21
be arrested, IdcGlna sul.
" fdcGka stressed that it is rp xa the law enforcement
officer1 &iscrstloa if a ctatka should be issued x if aa "
arrest should be xnsle. If the cfibn'er lias a record of pad
awrf r f lill r,-
law effcass car if t&e'casc is feot coas-tssl wUli effsct-
arEt the fJaAar, HcGlsa 23-. CStslto Tisssy ars
riBss la fatt-4fc3 of fenders.
Namresdeats cf Lsacasler Coisitjaie csore SEjeat to
arrest iMa to a cUtion tecne cca-rtslisrts cciil ca!y
skj town, IScCSaa eiaasd. :
'The new catatloa policy was fcitedaced to free law
enfcTcerseat effims fisn fesc-casss:5 fsjssrwork ia
mlwd ia Isoakag offenders aaxested fax misdmsaatas,
siid Csj. Cka AEea cf l!a znn. Ccesty EierZTs
03jcs. --
. ?j ttocSc amsdi tins fbcdkr), tfia officers jisedd
harc Jbeea oa Sis s-reels i"Tt??d f xtandag aimmd
hCT (al police hesdqBartmX A2ea cU-
miilXTIr Cl.s
Alien cited a esse f easBsgsary tssse ia-
TOld ia fafeg ssseoae a IIIs h&k of
xssrgxsaa ia Ms pocLt" to tie pellet fitrtkm ntsa the
oUsEda isasSy xebissd arywcyJ"; -
His ciistKia polii west into eflbct J- said Isry
Kser, icd sdiix for &e llsccla DL FMisr,
wlio wrote SLIs policy, f&Hsved gaidclibes esteM-ied ia
ICS29 pissed by s M&rsda Ltalare "ia 1974.
Rsherexjlused tla policy xelztes to z2 ir-lrr-ssaors.
This iadades offeriss sadi as diiaiirs lla ps&ce, aniaoxs
ia possessioa of alcc&s! or drrs, petty Izrcsay and
jnarxsana possesion. ? "
The policy as esfoxced by officers of Use IisscSa Pclka'
Brpt. the Kiiisska Ste Ftrol aad its Ixasssla- Ckjzsty
Sheriffs effise.
sane way a speeding ticlat is isned. The citation pves
the date for a co.e1 appearance where &s cCendsr caa
-'plead lis c&s,SScGSaa said. .
ff fhw. misdemeanor offender Is fe?.rd ttl!?y, lis
Jsct to a penalty prescribed hy t essSsssct sts&tes.
TMs ess of sot sasse fcas wa Js a Jai and sot
xnore fcan S5C3 ia fines, car both, he ssld, cuotirg &e
statute. -'
Effects of the sew citation policy lisvs bssa vsry
smsZT so far, Allen ssid. He had no fibres oa the azaDzat
of citations iaed since the raw policy was rrleraented
or oa bow xsada prpsrwoxlt: has been fTmhrtrfl
diplomat Woodru
spealcs Wednesday
' US. -2a rtka: Woodnsff wi3 todays at
1 1 -3D ajn. Dec 8 ia ddfsther 112
Woodruff is cepsty director of the Office of Policy
Harming and Cbnressional Affairs of &s Ciseaii of
liMex-Axnsslcm .Affairs of the US. Departusui of State.
Be wl he spesking to students about relsons betweea
the VS. and Idesico, prisoner exchange and border pro
blems. According to "WiZjara Atsry, pcUlksl scknee pro
fessor, Woodruff is a Latia Araerksa ipecMisL