>> CATHY: BY NOW, MOST MINNESOTANS KNOW THAT RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA BECAME LEGAL IN THE STATE ON TUESDAY.

WE'VE BEEN EXAMINING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE NEW LAW IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

UP TONIGHT, PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT DRIVING WHILE HIGH.

BLOOMINGTON POLICE CHIEF BOOKER HODGES JOINS US.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANKS NOR HAVING ME.

>> Cathy: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WELL, I'M BETTING YOUR OFFICERS HAVE PROBABLY STOPPED I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DRIVERS OVER MANY YEARS, DRIVING WHILE HIGH.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS LOOK FOR?

WHAT DO YOU ALL LOOK FOR?

>> SO, YOU LOOK FOR SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT, RIGHT, SO THEIR EYES, SLOW MOVEMENT, BUT MARIJUANA AND CANNABIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE THAT'S BEEN PARTICULARLY HARD TO ARREST PEOPLE FOR FOR D.W.I.

OR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

SAY I STOP YOU FOR BLOWING A STOP IGN, RIGHT, AND YOU SMELL LIKE ALL HOME.

I GIVE YOU THE TEST, WE'RE DONE.

BUT SAY I TOP YOU FOR BLOWING THE STOP SIGN AND I SMELL MARIJUANA, RIGHT?

I WILL HAVE O ROVE WAS YOUR DRIVING CONDUCT A RESULT OF IMPAIRMENT AND THAT'S A LOT HARDER TO DO UNDER MARIJUANA.

SO FOR ALCOHOL, YOU CAN GET STOPPED NOR ANY REASON AND IF YOU SMELL IT, YOU CAN DO A TEST AND YOU'RE GOOD.

BUT FOR MARIJUANA, THAT'S A LOT -- GOING TO BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO DO AND MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EACH US IN BLOOMINGTON, WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERTS AS OFFICERS RIGHT NOW AND I THINK A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE STARTED TO GO AWAY FROM THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STATE PATROL BUT THAT'S -- THIS IS GOING TO PRESENT SOME ISSUES FOR US.

>> Cathy: AND YOU DON'T HAVE TESTING, THERE'S NOT A TEST LIKE YOU WOULD, SAY, YOU HAVE A BREATH ALIZER TEST.

>> NO, THERE'S NO TEST RIGHT NOW.

>> Eric: ARE YOU AND THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL LOOKING AT LIMITS IN THE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON?

I GUESS UNTIL THERE ARE STATEWIDE TOTAL LAWS, IT WILL BE KIND OF A CHECKERBLOOD KIND OF STUFF.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN BLOOMINGTON?

>> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THE 28 OF AUGUST, I THINK IT IS, SO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS STILL WOKING AT THAT.

I KNOW SOME CITIES HAVE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING WHERE YOU CAN SMOKE IT AND TUFF LIKE THAT.

>> Eric: HOW DOES A MARIJUANA USER KNOW THAT HE OR SHE IS IN NO CONDITION TO DRIVE A VEHICLE?

[Laughter] >> I WISH I HAD AN ANSWER FOR YOU FOR HAT.

I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT?

SO HERE'S -- IF YOU FEEL IMPAIRED, DON'T DRIVER.

RIGHT?

IF YOU USE ANNABIS, DON'T DRIVE AFTER CONSUMING IT, RIGHT, AND I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE ISSUE IS GOING TO BECOME GUM'S, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU USE GUMMIES, IT'S NOT THAT INSTANT EFFECT.

YOU CAN GO AN HOUR, HALF HOUR, YOU DON'T FEEL NOTHING AND THEN YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR AND IT HITS YOU.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE CANNABIS, I WOULD JUST SAY DON'T DRIVER.

THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GET AROUND THAT.

>> Cathy: YOU MENTIONED YOUR OFFICERS.

HAVE YOU HAD TRAINING JUNE DATES, HAVE YOU UPDATED YOUR TRAINING, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK AND I BELT THAT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE?

>> YEAH, IT IS, AND THE $15 MILLION THE LEGISLATURE PUT FORWARD FOR IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

BUT AGAIN, I GO BACK TO, THESE ARE GOING TO BE VERY HARD $TO PROSECUTE U ABSENT SOME DRIVING CONDUCT.

WHERE ALCOHOL, SERIOUSLY IF YOU GETS STOPPED FOR AN OUT TAILLIGHT OR SOMETHING AND THEY SMELL ALCOHOL, YOU CAN GET WRITTEN FOR A D.W.I.

BUT MARIJUANA, THAT WILL BE HARDER TO PROVE.

>> Cathy: HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT THE -- ABOUT FOLKS DRIVING AROUND IMPAIRED?

HOW IMPAIRED CAN YOU GET?

CAN YOU CAUSE TRAFFIC CRASHES?

>> WE'RE WORRIED ECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN SOCIETY FOLLOW THE RULES.

WE KIND OF FOCUS ON THOSE THAT DON'T, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY FOLLOW THE RULES.

NOW THIS IS LEGAL AND BECOMES MORE READILY AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR KIDS, THAT'S GOING TO BE -- I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM LIKE IT LAST IN EVERY OTHER STATE THAT'S LEGALIZED IT.

>> Cathy: SAY, YOU HAVE DRUG DOGS, DON'T YOU?

>> YES.

>> Cathy: ARE THEY OUT OF A JOB NOW?

>> NO, WE MOVED AWAY FROM MARIJUANA D.U.I.

TEXAS DOGS A LONG TIME AGO SO ANY POLICE AGENCY THAT HAS A MARIJUANA DETECTION DOG, HAT DOG IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK THE STREET.

>> Eric: DID YOU GET A COOPERATION FROM THE LEGISLATURE WHEN CHIEFS OF POLICE RAISED CONCERNS, WERE YOU PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON ALL THAT?

>> NO, THE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION DID BUT THEY WERE INTENT ON MAKING IT LEGAL AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS ABOUT THIS WAS, BY THE TIME WE BECAME LEGAL AND THE TIME YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY IT AT A DISTILL RE, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT TIME DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE FILLED IN BY THE ILLICIT MARKET.

SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO THERE, YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE IT LEGAL AT THE SAME TIME PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO BUY IT LEGALLY AS OPPOSED TO THE ILLICIT MARKET