Pali High Students Cited For Pot Posession

According to , two Palisades Charter High School students were cited and released by Los Angeles Unified School District police for marijuana possession Wednesday at 12:18 p.m.

Palisades Patrol officers Eric Fine and Peter Jaramillo were called to an alley behind the Palisades-Malibu YMCA in the 800-block of Via de la Paz because teenagers were reportedly loitering in the area.

"When the officers arrived, they found two male teenagers rolling what appeared to be marijuana," said Scott Wagenseller, owner of Palisades Patrol, in an email to Pali Patch. "Palisades Patrol radioed to school police at Pali High."

After investigating, the responding LAUSD police officer determined the teen boys were in possession of a controlled substance. The officer took the evidence and cited the students before releasing them, according to the report from Palisades Patrol.

LAUSD police officers are uniformed, armed and are issued a police car, which allows them to respond to incidents off campus, according to Wagenseller. Palisades Patrol has direct radio communication with LAUSD police.