San Marcos Assistant Chief of Police Brandon Winkenwerder acknowledged that the police department’s informal process of street diversion will need to be formalized and tracked in the future.
During a city council work session on Monday, Councilmemeber Mark Rockeymoore asked the San Marcos Police Department for an update on cite and release within the city and whether the department is moving towards cite and divert.
Winkenwerder said he and interim SMPD chief Bob Klett had a meeting with patrol sergeants last week and asked them to step up the use of the cite and release program available to the San Marcos Police Department. Cite and release is provided for under state law, which allows peace officers to issue citations for Class C misdemeanors, as well as certain Class A and Class B misdemeanors, instead of making an arrest.
