October 29, 2017 • 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 […]
July 30, 2017 • CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLEGAL SEARCH,
MONTANA,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
NMA,
RACIAL PROFILING,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RHODE ISLAND,
TEXAS,
TICKET QUOTA,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC STOP From guest writer Joe Cadillic who writes the MassPrivatel Blog According to The Stanford Open Policing Project which looked at over 100 million police traffic stops in the United States, “Police pull over more than 50,000 drivers on a typical day, more than 20 million motorists every year.” Does that mean 50,000 people are breaking […]
Generally the time when most of us encounter the police is during a traffic stop, which can be one of the most stressful times for both the motorist and an officer in blue. In recent years, law enforcement has been under fire due to escalation during traffic stops and other public encounters. Many cities across […]
July 31, 2016 • BLOOD WITHDRAWAL,
BREATHALYZER,
CHECKPOINT,
Driver's License,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FOURTH AMENDMENT,
MICHIGAN,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
TRAFFIC STOP Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law last month a plan that allows state police to implement one of the most invasive methods of drug testing in the country all in the name of a pilot program: saliva swab tests. Michigan drivers from 5 counties (yet to be determined) will be the experimental rats so […]
July 17, 2016 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LICENSE,
NEWSLETTER,
NMSL,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC STOP Something has to change. In a day and age when traffic stops become literal life-and-death episodes, or at least become the spark that can set off a tinderbox of protest and violence, the interactions between police and motorists need to be examined more closely. Jim Walker, perhaps the NMA’s most prolific member in lobbying for […]
