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Officials with the Chicago Police Department agreed to a revision of city rules under which police officers will not be allowed to search vehicles based solely on the smell of raw cannabis.
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Chicago Police Department (CDP) officers will not be allowed to search vehicles based only on the smell of raw cannabis under a rule change approved by officials on Monday, WTTW reports.
Advocates had pursued the change under a 2019 federal court order requiring the department to reform its policies, and CPD officials agreed to the rule change despite initial objections. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois said in a Monday court filing that it āapplaudsā the departmentās decision last month to adopt the policy change.
The change comes despite the Illinois Supreme Court ruling in 2024 that the smell of raw cannabis is sufficient grounds for police to conduct a vehicle search during a traffic stop. Three months earlier, however, the same court ruled that the smell of burnt cannabis is not sufficient grounds for searching a vehicle without a warrant.
CPD reported conducting just 70 traffic stops based on suspected cannabis violations from December 2024 to June 2025 ā the department, however, does not track how many traffic stops occur based on the smell of raw cannabis, according to the report.
Adult-use cannabis is legal in Illinois; however, state law requires cannabis to be stored in a āsealed, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis containerā when being transported in a vehicle.
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