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THE MILITARY IS CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE OF MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES

by JBLM Cop Watch
Sun, Oct 29, 2023 6:44AM
The military at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA is conducting surveillance
of marijuana dispensaries, claiming that marijuana users violate Federal law and
pose a threat to the military base.

According to Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA - "All businesses in Washington
State selling marijuana for recreational use have been placed off-limits to
service members. While recreational marijuana sales have been legalized under
state laws, DoD regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibit
its use by military service members (regardless of location or local government
jurisdiction)." Although we don't see the recreational use marijuana being any
different than the recreational use of alcohol, the military has its own law and
regulations and if you choose to join the military you are subject to those
regulations.

What concerns us - and should concern you - is that the JBLM Directorate of
Emergency Services (DES) Protection Division is conducting surveillance of
marijuana dispensaries throughout the state in order to identify marijuana
users. They claim that this surveillance is intended to identify service members
who violate the JBLM off-limits order, and to identify other marijuana users
that may have an association with the military and thus pose a threat to "good
order and discipline" on JBLM.

The JBLM DES Protection Division is recording the vehicle license plates of any
vehicle parked at a marijuana dispensary, and asking other JBLM personnel to
also record this information and submit it to the Protection Division for
inclusion in their database. JBLM then identifies the owners of these vehicles
and includes this ownership information in their database. According to Daniel
L. Vessels, the Chief of the DES Protection Division - "nothing is too trivial
to report". Marijuana users are violating Federal law and the JBLM DES
Protection Division has a right to identify these criminals and to share the
identity of these individuals with other government and law enforcement agencies
throughout Washington, Oregon, and California.

The surveillance of the civilian community by JBLM and the inclusion of
information about non-affiliated civilians (people parked near a marijuana
dispensary) violates Federal law and the privacy rights of individuals in our
community. The JBLM DES Protection Division has a long history of violating the
rights of individuals, illegally collecting and disseminating information about
the civilian community, and harassing anyone who objects to their illegal
activity. The JBLM DES Protection Division poses a critical threat to our
communities.
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