Published May 30, 2022New Jersey's acting attorney general wants to make a change to police arrest practices in the state, starting with anyone who has a warrant out for a low-level offense.
Police"in most instances" should no longer arrest people with municipal court bench warrants with bail amounts of $500 or less, Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced last week. Bench warrants are most often issued to individuals who fail to appear for a municipal court hearing or pay money the owe. Those finding themselves before the municipal court have often violated traffic laws, local ordinances or committed low-level offenses like shoplifting, Platkin explained in his announcement.
"If law enforcement encounters an individual with such a warrant, they must arrest that person, even if the underlying offense was a traffic ticket or a similarly minor offense. Not only is the possibility of arrest at any moment disruptive to a person’s life, it can also heighten the tension surrounding interactions with law enforcement, increasing the possibility of more volatile encounters," Platkin's statement goes on.
Criminals won AGAIN. Giving them more power. People cry about guns yet the city of PHL passed a law restricting officers to pull over vehicles which is the 1 way how guns are removed from the streets.
Good, how many times have we had to drive from Camden to Chesilhurst to pick up a guy with a 12 dollar parking ticket warrant?