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Hiram police propose municipal ordinance to address dumpster diving and unlawful dumpster use
Summary
The police chief presented two draft municipal ordinances to move enforcement of dumpster diving and unauthorized dumping from state court to city court and to provide municipal citation options rather than arrest and jail; council placed the items on consent for further action.
Police briefed the council on two draft ordinances intended to shift enforcement of dumpster-diving and unauthorized dumpster use from state-level processes to municipal court jurisdiction, and described impacts on public health, businesses and police operations.
The chief said Georgia law currently makes going into another—s dumpster a state-law offense and that enforcement now can require obtaining a warrant and taking an offender to a county jail.…
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