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Sarasota Clergy want to create a new adult citation program

Posted on April 6, 2022 • by Sofia Aparicio-Gallagher
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Often when people get arrested for minor offenses that arrest stays with them forever. Sarasota Clergy and leaders want to create a new adult citation program without fees as an alternative to arrests.

Yesterday evening they held a public meeting with State Attorney Ed Brodsky to see if he would help implement the program.

SURE

According to a press release from Sarasota United for Responsibility and Equality (SURE), in 2019 there were 7,230 misdemeanor arrests in Sarasota County.

That group is concerned that minority and non-white people are 5 times more likely to be arrested for a  misdemeanor offense than White people are. 

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