Many in law enforcement against legalizing pot
By Brooke Edwards Staffs, Orange County Register
A growing number of California law enforcement organizations and leaders are voicing objections to a state ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana, saying it would make the state less safe.
San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos said the initiative to legalize marijuana “will do nothing to curb black-market activity in California.” He is one of several police officials who is actively opposing the measure, a group that includes the Riverside Sheriffs’ Association, the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs and the California Police Chiefs Association.
Law enforcement remains one of the most influential voices when it comes to debating issues such as marijuana legalization, according to Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. And its credibility doesn’t seem to have declined, he said, despite recent controversies surrounding the relationship of police and community.
But marijuana legalization advocates so far have collected 40 times more campaign cash than opponents.
I wonder if law enforcemen is also against liquor sales and if they would go on the record with their opposition.
Over 100,000 members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) say otherwise (besides Kae, when did the Orange County Register, or even just Orange County, become relevant outta town?).