The ordinance provides direction to the city, the Garden City Police Department and the establishment of uniform practices concerning bonding practices in the Garden City Municipal Court. James Dummermuth, city attorney, said the new procedures were created after the GCPD, the Municipal Court and some members of the public have felt that the polices created in 2016 and then amended in 2018 have not addressed the recidivism bond. So, a new policy was drafted where they’re not going to use OR Bonds – where people didn’t have to post any type of cash bond, corporate surety bond, or anything of the like, they’re arrested and released – but are going to require a cash bond in almost all situations with some exceptions.
Source: Garden City Telegram
