HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 86-2664RESOLUTION NO. 86 -2664
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMPLE CITY ENDORSING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
PROGRAM AGAINST STREET DRUG DEALERS.
WHEREAS, street drug dealers are the target of a major cr-
ackdown announced recently by the District Attorney. Calling for a
change in the pattern of lenient sentences for street drug dealers, the
District Attorney instituted the following program:
(a) State Prison Sentences for Street Drug Dealers
In cases of possession for sale or sale of cocaine, heroin, or
PCP, the District Attorney shall seek the maximum appropriate
state prison sentence.
and
On all cases of possesion for sale of cocaine, heroin, or PCP,
or sale of cocaine or heroin, where probation is legally per-
missible and which are first offenses involving nominal quanti-
ties, the District Attorney shall urge the sentencing judge to
impose a suspended mid -term state prison sentence with, at the
minimum, six to twelve months in county jail as a condition of
a three -year probationary grant.
On all subsequent cases involving the above described offenses,
the District Attorney shall urge sentencing judges to impose
immediate state prison sentences.
(b) No County Parole for Street Drug Dealers
In any drug case of possession for sale or sale where the
defendant is sentenced to county jail, the District Attorney
shall urge the court to order that the defendant is ineligible
for parole.
(c) No Bail for Repeat Street Drug Dealers
Whenever a defendant is on probation for sale or possession for
sale of narcotics and a petition for violation of probation is
filed, it is the District Attorney's position that the defen-
dant be held without bail until disposition of the case.
WHEREAS, the District Attorney's Office is also asking that:
(a) Special Narcotic Courts be established -- courts which are .
devoted exclusively to cases involving street drug dealers.
(b) Special Probation Violation Courts be set aside to hear peti-
tions for violation of probation. In this connection it is
their aim to develop expedited procedures remanding the proba-
tion violator immediately to state prison.
(c) Bail be substantially increased for defendants charged with
dealing narcotics. Presently many of these dealers are getting
out of custody on a $5,000 bond, which means they are out on
the street in a matters of hours after their arrest by simply
giving $500 to a bail bondsman.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Temple City
does resolve to endorse the District Attorney's program which is aimed at
cracking down on street drug dealers.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -2664.
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ATTEST:
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of September, 1986.
MAYOR
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Chief D'pu
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held
on the 16th day of September, 1986, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Dennis, Froehle, Gillanders, Swain, Atkins
NOES: Councilmen -None r
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
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CI ief'Deputy City Clerk
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