SCPD has no enforcement policy about the use/possession of medical marijuana

Please view the CPRA request to SCPD Records Manager Trisha Husome about medical marijuana use and possession as well as her response, all by email. Why wouldn't the SCPD have any policies regarding enforcement against users and possession of medical marijuana? Why doesn't the SCPD have guidelines for its officers regarding medical marijuana? Could it be that SCPD officers apply arbitrary standards when they encounter medical marijuana users or those possessing medical marijuana? Might the SCPD treat different classes of people — for example homeless individuals, minorities and teenagers — differently than others when they encounter medical marijuana users or those possessing medical marijuana?

I ask those who have been cited or harassed by the SCPD for using or possessing medical marijuana to submit comments to this story. Santa Cruz voters — who overwhelmingly support medical marijuana use and possession — must know if the SCPD is applying a double standard to medical marijuana use and possession.

This is important: if you use or possess medical marijuana you must know if you are a likely target of police harassment.