LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — On Wednesday, a shopping cart ordinance officially went into effect in Las Cruces, allowing police officers to legally cite people for using carts outside of a business property and also requiring businesses to have a detailed plan on how they will prevent carts from being stolen.
KFOX14 spoke with Police Chief Jeremy Story on how they prepared the community for the ordinance to be enforced.
The education for the officers, making sure they understand what the ordinance says, what people can and can’t do, and then how to enforce it,” Story said. “Since they’ve passed, we’ve had an education campaign with our community advocates and our community outreach sections specifically, and the Community of Hope has obviously been doing their own education as well. They’ve been providing alternatives since it passed.
Since this ordinance has passed, Story said it had to be all hands on deck.
