The NYPD thinking about scaling back small pot busts and shift the focus on "major busts." Newsday reports that misdemeanor pot arrests would be limited to 40% for the Narcotics Division, while they would focus on dismantling drug crews that "peddle cocaine or heroin." Hey, now! Cops are privately grousing about Narcotics head Assistant Chief Anthony Izzo's plan will give pot smokers the liberty to smoke up everywhere. A police official defended Izzo, saying, "He wants results. He wants an impact. He's not telling them no marijuana collars. But he's also saying, 'If you jump out of the car' and bust someone for smoking pot, don't expect me to pat you on the back and call you a detective.'" Gothamist can only hope for interesting tales of big pot busts, like the Eldridge Street marijuana farm, pot being grown in Floyd Bennett Field, and the Brooklyn-Queens pot empire.

More fun fact about pot arrests from Newsday: The Narcotics Division "has made 4,305 marijuana arrests through June 19; At that pace, they would make less than the 11,574 made for all of last year. The rest of the NYPD, meanwhile, has made 13,367 marijuana arrests, a pace likely to top last year's 22,695."