The Daily Record’s online poll from Sept. 6-20 asked readers whether they think the City of San Marcos should embrace law enforcement assisted diversion (LEAD) policies in the future.
Recently the San Marcos City Council approved the appointment of Bob Klett as San Marcos’ interim chief of police and head of the San Marcos Police Department, following a restructuring of city staff.
With the appointment of Klett, local advocacy group Mano Amiga presented data that stated the San Marcos Police Department had only released 6.1% of cases eligible for cite and release in 2018 — SMPD said internal numbers showed that they used cite and release 12% of the time for possession of marijuana eligible cases.
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