Brooklyn wants you to resolve your summonses in Church
This weekend, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is hosting Project Safe Surrender, an undertaking that allows Brooklynites an opportunity to resolve their outstanding summons warrants.
Every year, about a quarter of a million people in Brooklyn are arrested for minor violations, such as possession of small amounts of marijuana, riding a bike on the sidewalk and disorderly conduct, District Attorney Charles J. Hynes said in an exclusive interview with the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Many of these individuals, for unknown reasons, never appear in court to answer for these summonses.
Project Safe Surrender is one that assists in dismissing summonses and setting aside arrest warrants that can be the result of not appearing in court to answer a summons, no matter how minor.