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Gadsden City schedules March amnesty day for citations; mayor warns of monthly warrant roundups afterward
Summary
Mayor Craig Ford said an amnesty day in March at the East Gadsden precinct will allow people with outstanding citations to pay 50% and clear records; the city will resume monthly warrant roundups after the amnesty period ends.
Mayor Craig Ford announced an amnesty day in March at the East Gadsden precinct that will let people with unpaid fines or outstanding citations clear those matters by paying half of the fine and having the record cleared.
Ford said the amnesty event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the OJB Weaver Technical School, which he named as the East Gadsden Police Precinct location adjacent to Oscar Adams Elementary School and behind Litchfield Middle School. "You show up from 8 to 4, and you only have to pay 50% of your fine, and it comes off your record," Ford said.
He warned that the Police Department will pause warrant enforcement while amnesty is open, but that monthly warrant roundups will resume after the program. "Once it's completed, the people still have warrants or citations... we'll arrest the person. They'll spend the night in jail," Ford said, describing the consequences for people who do not use the amnesty opportunity.
The mayor framed the amnesty day as a chance for people to clear their records without facing arrest, but he also made clear enforcement will follow the amnesty period for outstanding warrants.
The transcript does not specify the exact calendar date in March for amnesty day; the mayor said only that it is "coming up on March."
