Fireworks Ban

Fireworks Ban

You are a county police officer patrolling the unincorporated areas of your county. While driving down a quiet road, you observe a stand selling fireworks to a long line of eager customers, who are loading their trunks with huge boxes of firecrackers, sparklers, roman candles, and even small (though legal) tubes of dynamite. It is June 29, and your county has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks as of July 1. Answer the following questions:

a. Can you arrest the suspect? Why or why not? What can or should you do in

response to this situation?

b. If you return two days later and see any sales of fireworks, what can you do?

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