September 30, 2018
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ARIZONA,
ARKANSAS,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LOUISIANA,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
Red-Light Camera,
SAFETY,
SPEED TRAP,
TEXAS,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET QUOTA,
Traffic Tickets,
WASHINGTON
Much has been written about the Massachusetts State Police Overtime Scandal. A number of officers have been arrested for federal counts of embezzlement for allegedly cutting hours or outright skipping overtime (OT) traffic enforcement shifts on the MA turnpike while getting paid in full. Forty-two members of Troop E have been implicated and the troop […]
Dear Louisiana NMA Members, HB 619, the hands free from phone bill will be voted on early this week by the State Senate. It has already passed the State House. We urge you to contact your elected representative and ask him or her to vote NO on this bill. Find Your State Senator HERE. The […]
March 11, 2018
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ALASKA,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IDAHO,
ILLINOIS,
Kentucky,
LOUISIANA,
MAINE,
MASSACHUSETTS,
MINNESOTA,
MISSOURI,
MONTANA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
NORTH DAKOTA,
OKLAHOMA,
OREGON,
PENNSYLVANIA,
Real ID,
RHODE ISLAND,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON D.C.
With the February 25, 2018 newsletter regarding the advent of digital driver’s licenses, it is an appropriate time to provide an update on the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005. Over the past 12 years, the NMA and other civil liberties organizations have lobbied against REAL ID which in effect would convert your […]
October 29, 2017
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DRIVER EDUCATION,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
LEGISLATION,
LOUISIANA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NORTH CAROLINA,
TEXAS,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VIRGINIA
Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia have passed legislation that mandates schools teach students how to conduct themselves around police. Texas passed its law in the last legislative session and mandated that high schools and especially driver’s education courses train students how to conduct themselves around law enforcement. Texas also passed a law to […]
April 2, 2017
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ACLU,
ALABAMA,
ARKANSAS,
CALIFORNIA,
COLORADO,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
ILLINOIS,
KANSAS,
LOUISIANA,
MICHIGAN,
MISSISSIPPI,
MISSOURI,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
TENNESSEE,
TEXAS,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING,
VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON
Alexander City, Alabama has agreed to give $680,000 to nearly 200 people who were jailed because they were too poor to pay their court fines. The suit filed in September 2015 by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claimed that the town ran “a modern-day debtors prison.” Indigent debtors served time in the municipal jail […]
