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Board approves first reading to allow verbal warnings before dispersal orders at reproductive-health facilities
Summary
Supervisor Ronan introduced an amendment to the Police Code to permit verbal warnings — rather than written warnings — before dispersal orders at reproductive health clinics; the board passed the ordinance on first reading with broad cosponsorship.
Supervisor Ronan introduced an ordinance change intended to make enforcement of the city's buffer zone law easier by allowing officers to give a verbal warning rather than first having to write one down before issuing a dispersal order.
"This is a very simple fix. It just provides for a verbal warning as opposed to a written warning," Supervisor Ronan said, adding that the…
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