Wednesday, May 1, 2013

San Francisco police still using buy-bust tactic on marijuana dealers in Haight-Ashbury

Examiner
The “decoy” arrest — in which plainclothes officers approach would-be drug sellers asking for a $40 bag of marijuana — has become an increasingly less common tactic throughout The City. But not in the Haight-Ashbury. While buy-bust arrests citywide are dropping — from 485 in 2008 to 160 last year — they are increasing in the iconic neighborhood.