• It's not like this email address does not belong to the American people. They pay for it. It's also public information and listed on several websites for that very reason. His job is to answer complaints via that email. His name is also public and so is his salary. When you work for a public office your professional life is not private at all. Since he does not have any authority to keep the pot he is in violation of the law for contempt. He should be brought up on criminal charges for that alone. If we don't respect the rule of law we are thrown in jail even if we think the judge is wrong. Without the "rule" of law we are left with anarchy which is what is happening in this case. A police officer can't decided they won't follow the very laws that give him authority? That makes him a vigilante and should be arrested for this just like anyone else who would be arrested by him for his behavior.

• Seriously? What do you need to know beyond "law enforcement official refuses to comply with lawful order given by judge?" No one's contesting that issue - not the chief, not the judge. Apologists tend to pop up whenever there's a LEO thread - this one, apparently, is no exception.

• Before anyone rushes to judgement on the Chief of Police, I am sure there are more details and circumstances that are not being presented in this article. To post someones picture and email address without knowing all the facts is unfair and premature. I'd like to know exactly what happened before making any judgement on this situation, especially when there are no details given by the author.

• Isn't that contempt of COURT?

• of course they won't give it back,it's already been smoked & sold. drug evidence seems to vanish before trial. is this a big surprise to anyone?

• This just sickens me. If any of us "Serfs" were to disobey a judge, we'd be in jail lickety-split. This clown needs a harsh lesson in the "rule of law".

• Let me guess, you never heard of The Blue Wall of Sience? They are not Peace Officers, not even Enforcement-nope. They are Officers of The Court-period!

• The Chief he be Red Mon.

• shouldnt the cop go to jail for non compliance? we would if were defeyed the judges order.

• this is really funny to me and let me explain why me and my buddy were just role playing out a dialog (did they change the spelling of dialogue?) or do i just have it wrong? Anyways it goes like this Judge: Give him back his herb man. Cops: um uh ok man just let me go get it, a few moments later, Officer: uh well i can't find it, i mean we dont have to give it back anyways,never have before. me and my friend think the cops just smoked it or sold it to gangs just speculation i thought you guys might like to hear that. Have a nice day and do something nice for someone too many dicks in the world. Peace

• Excuse me. Didn't realize the sentence "The police chief, email address jschaffer@ci.snoqualmie.wa.us, really should get out more, don't you think?," with a link in get out more, was a reference towards other police departments that have returned marijuana to medical users.

• Which other article, Ben? The SnoValley Star article also claims 10 ounces, and doesn't mention any 11 pounds. (You have to do a search on the SnoValley Star site using "medical marijuana" to find the article.)

• Just to inform you, this article says 10 ounces, but the other article claims 11 pounds.

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