Negative law enforcement responses to syringe possession are still widely reported in North Carolina, USA, despite laws which protect syringe services program participants from charges, according to a study published in the Harm Reduction Journal.
Due to sample size, we are unable to statistically investigate these trends across race, gender, and county further.
“ask you if you have anything on you and then, of course, I [tell] them what I [have] on me and they make me, you know, give them the syringeA woman in Cumberland County reported experiencing a variety of inconsistent discretionary actions by law enforcement during these interactions. She recalled: There’s been plenty of times when we’ve been pulled over for no reason whatsoever. And they make the reason up or saying that you’re going five miles over the speed limit, which you know you weren’t because you seen a police officer right behind you, and you weren’t going over the speed limit. Or you went over the line, things like that. Then they ask if there’s anything in the car. You say no. They ask if you can search, and you say no.
As illustrated by this and other incidents , reports of especially antagonistic interactions with law enforcement were relatively common in interviews conducted in Haywood County. That pattern contrasts sharply with descriptions of law enforcement interactions in, for example, Durham County, where the SSP serves a large population of Black residents. A middle-aged Black woman from Durham reported that “don’t bother [SSP participants].
Several respondents in other counties also stated that the SSP identification cards do not provide adequate protection from further criminal-legal system involvement. In Wake County, a White woman in her late 30s summarized this perspective when she stated the following: I don’t think the law takes the cards and stuff as seriously…Not me personally, but people I’ve been with... basically [would] get arrested anyway. And of course it gets dropped when it goes to court, but it’s the process of getting there. And if you don’t have anybody to bond you out, you know, sometimes North Carolina takes their time…It [could] be anywhere between a week to 30 days depending on if they’re pushing off your court date or whatever.
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