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Patrol
Pot Growers Suing Police for Seizing Marijuana Plants
From Colorado and Washington state to California and Hawaii, police in medical marijuana states are being sued by people who want their marijuana back after prosecutors chose not to charge them or they were acquitted.
June 25, 2014
Patrol
DOJ Warns Oakland About Approval of Marijuana Growing
The Oakland city attorney has acknowledged receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice warning the city about a plan approved by the city council that allows large-scale marijuana growers.
December 7, 2010
Special Units
Armored Vehicle Aids In Rescue of Shot Parks Officer
The officer radioed for help at about 7 p.m. Monday, reporting he had taken automatic rifle fire from multiple assailants and was wounded. Police believe the officer may have run across marijuana growers defending their cash crop.
July 25, 2011
Patrol
Supreme Court: K-9 Search Violated Home Privacy
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a marijuana grower's privacy rights Tuesday, when a majority of justices decided a Florida K-9's alert outside a home resulted in an unconstitutional arrest.
March 25, 2013
Patrol
Smalltown Homicide Scene Yields $200K in Marijuana Plants
Some 100 sturdy young marijuana plants worth up to $2,000 each when grown were found in the back room of a Lugoff, S.C., mobile home methamphetamine lab where a woman was found shot to death over the weekend.
May 30, 2011
Editor's Notes
Give Us Your Best 'Cop Slang' for Marijuana
With the marijuana legalization debate now in the spotlight, let's take a look at all the slang terms for marijuana. There are plenty out there, and we'd like your best one.
December 6, 2012
Special Units
Marijuana Grow Houses Have Hidden Dangers
Indoor pot farms in Northern California can be hard to spot until they catch fire and release fumes from chemicals and mold. The operations are often run by gangs and can involve violence, including a recent shooting death in San Jose.
May 7, 2014
Patrol
California Pot Farm Fire Reveals Troubling Trend
Narcotics agents said Tuesday they had little doubt that the nearly 90,000-acre La Brea fire in California was started by Mexican drug traffickers who were tending a large, sophisticated marijuana farm planted on the side of a mountain in the Los Padres National Forest.
August 19, 2009
Patrol
Colorado to Use Pot Tax Revenues to Fund Pot Busts
The first recreational pot market in the U.S. notched another marijuana first Thursday when Colorado started using marijuana taxes to fund police efforts to crack down on illegal growing operations.
June 9, 2017
Patrol
California Officers Raid Massive Illegal Weed Operation
Inside the four-story warehouse, police found thousands of plants stacked next to one another under heat lamps on wood tables and an advanced irrigation system. The electric bill for the property was about $67,000 per month, police said.
December 15, 2017
Gangs
Medical Marijuana: California's Biggest Losers
Wake up California; you've been sold a lie. This lie has allowed the Mexican (and other) cartels and gangs to produce huge crops of unregulated marijuana here in our state. These fields produce hybrid dope high in THC content and high in illicit profit. For this, some men are willing to kill.
October 26, 2011
Vehicles
Military Surplus Vehicles Aid the Fight
Law enforcement agencies with these special missions can apply and acquire vehicles deemed military surplus for next to nothing. The vehicles usually require work to make them duty ready. Yet, the Department of Defense's 1033 program, as it is known, offers agencies access to military-grade equipment.
April 6, 2011
Patrol
Arizona Voters Narrowly Approve Medical Marijuana
A measure legalizing marijuana for medicinal use has passed in Arizona with 50.13 percent (or 4,341 votes) of the ballots, the secretary of state has announced.
November 14, 2010
Patrol
Washington Detective Dies Investigating Marijuana Grow
Brent Hanger, a 47-year-old WSP detective from Mount Vernon, was part of a statewide drug task force investigating a report of an illegal marijuana grow when he suffered a heart attack.
August 18, 2015
Patrol
NH Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
New Hampshire is now the 22nd state and the last in New England to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.
July 19, 2017
Patrol
LE Groups Oppose California's Marijuana Legalization Measure
California's marijuana legalization proposition is facing increasing opposition from the Obama administration, including a visit to the state by the drug czar to urge voters to oppose it.
October 23, 2010
Special Units
Chicago Police Seize $33 Million In Marijuana
A Chicago PD narcotics unit's investigation has led to one of the largest narcotics seizures in the department's recent history, netting more than 12,000 pounds of marijuana, seven arrests, seven vehicles, and two firearms.
August 22, 2011
Patrol
3 States Vote On Full Marijuana Legalization
Voters in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington will consider fully legalizing marijuana for recreational use next month when they go to the polls. Passage of the measures would set up a potential showdown between the states and federal authorities.
October 14, 2012
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