Society has trouble talking about police misconduct in any meaningful way. If we question police actions, it looks as if we don’t support them. In reality, most of us do support the brave men and women who put themselves on the line every day for our safety. When traffic stops are the most common daily […]
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Police Misconduct Costs Taxpayers More Than Just Money: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #502
August 26, 2018
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CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOIA, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, SAFETY, TENNESSEE, TRAFFIC STOP, Transparency, VIRGINIA
Speed Trap at a Crossroads: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #489
Parkers Crossroads is a quiet little Tennessee hamlet (pop. 330) adjacent to Interstate 40, located about midway between Memphis and Nashville. Blink for an instant and you might miss Exit 108, the only direct access to Parkers Crossroads from the interstate, as you motor by. Not too many have had to worry about that, though, […]
Losing a License Due To Unpaid Fines Is Hurting Millions: NMA E-Newsletter #455
October 1, 2017
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CALIFORNIA, Driver's License, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IOWA, MICHIGAN, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, SAFETY, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, VIRGINIA
When a motorist receives a traffic ticket the expectation is that if you plead guilty or are found guilty, you pay the fine. Most of us would agree that if you break the law then you should pay for it. But what if you really cannot “pay for it” due to life circumstances? The Falls […]
Is Distracted Driving the new Drunk Driving? Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #434
May 7, 2017
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CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, RADAR DETECTOR, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Technology, TENNESSEE, TEXTING, TICKET REVENUE, VIRGINIA
Part 1 dealt with how distracted driving enforcement campaigns, fueled by federal highway money, are also dragnets for other offenses. Part 2 examines new law enforcement tools to check on texting while driving. Currently, law enforcement has great difficulty in determining if a driver was using electronic devices before a crash (and more importantly whether […]
How Policing for Profit can lead to a Debtors’ Prisons: NMA E-Newsletter #429
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 […]
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