LAS VEGAS — Nevada's largest police organization ousted its president Friday and reversed his endorsement of a statewide initiative that would let adults legally possess small amounts of marijuana.
The Nevada Conference of Police and Sheriffs issued a statement blaming former president Andy Anderson for a "misunderstanding" and declared that the executive board had not endorsed decriminalizing marijuana when Anderson polled them Tuesday.
The organization said it doesn't endorse the measure, which will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, "nor will it support any measure for the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana."
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The group represents about 3,000 Nevada law enforcement officers — about two-thirds of police in the state.