Pot Tickets
What can data from criminal justice agencies tell us about how the Chicago / Cook County criminal justice system enforces state laws regarding this gateway drug, pot. I pretty sure that if we were able to access the data in question, it could tell us everything we need to know. The problem is that data […]
Pot Arrests as Important Tool for CPD or Useless Waste of Money and Resources
It is imperative that communities understand the police arrest for purposes other than prosecution. Chicago has been the beneficiary of some recent great reporting (link 1, link 2) by Ben Javorsky and Mick Dumke regarding the seemingly meaningless arrests made for low levels of marijuana possession by the Chicago Police Department. The reality is that […]