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Lamar Police Department Clarifies Enforcement of Colorado Drug Laws and Fentanyl Distribution Cases
Description: Lamar Police Department explains its role in enforcing Colorado drug laws, emphasizing factual reporting and prosecution of fentanyl and narcotics distribution cases. Read the Full Statement from the Lamar Police Department...
Lamar Police Reaffirm Commitment to Enforcing Drug Distribution Laws and Protecting Community Safety
The Lamar Police Department makes a point to issue press releases based on verified facts. Our releases are written intentionally and carefully to provide accurate information while balancing the community’s interest and right to know with individuals’ legal rights. We also ensure our communications comply with the law and do not compromise ongoing investigations, including those we conduct in partnership with other agencies.
Once information is released publicly, people are free to share it, interpret it, and discuss it however they wish. That is part of living in a free society. We recognize that public commentary can range from thoughtful analysis to spirited debate—and occasionally to conclusions that are…creative.
Regarding enforcement of Colorado’s drug laws, it has become increasingly complicated and difficult as laws and enforcement priorities evolve at the state level. The Lamar Police Department’s responsibility is to enforce the law as written. We do not write the statutes, amend them, or debate them in the legislature. If individuals would like to influence how Colorado’s laws are written, they are encouraged to contact their elected representatives—those are the folks who actually get to vote on such things.
With that said, when individuals possess narcotics in quantities that clearly indicate distribution, the Lamar Police Department will pursue charges to the fullest extent allowed under Colorado law. When someone is found with hundreds of fentanyl pills, or large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or other Schedule II narcotics, those cases will be treated as serious criminal offenses.
Similarly, when narcotics are possessed alongside firearms, packaging materials, or when individuals are already under supervision for narcotics-related offenses, those circumstances will be taken very seriously and charged accordingly.
Reasonable people may disagree about many things, but the math tends to speak for itself. When narcotics are possessed in quantities that represent thousands of individual “possession” amounts, it generally suggests something more than personal use.
Our job is not to debate every opinion that appears online. Our job is to follow the facts, enforce the law, and work to keep the community safe. That is what we will continue to do.
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