Marijuana legislation could increase police demands: P.A.’s top cop

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“(It’s) not just as straightforward as a breathalyzer test. You have to have specially trained officers who take drug recognition training, potentially you might have to get a blood warrant and that takes time,” he said.

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The biggest question PAPS is waiting for an answer on is how legal marijuana will be supplied.

“Who’s going to be the supplier, how are they going to regulate that, where will it come from?” he asked. “We’re talking about children’s access, regulatory bodies, impaired driving, very serious things they need to make sure they get right.”

He wonders if perhaps regulations would be enforced by organizations other than police, such as how tobacco and alcohol regulations are enforced.

Cooper said they’d initially expected marijuana legalization to take several years, and said there’s much to accomplish in a “very short time” before it’s projected legalization in 2017.

“We’ll just have to wait and see what that looks like,” he said.

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