NYC to Ban Traffic Stops
A new bill would ban cops in the state from stopping and searching drivers over a slew of low-level violations — including the one that ended up nabbing serial killer Joel Rifkin.
Top law enforcement officials are calling the Albany proposal the “most dangerous” and “craziest” bill they have ever seen, warning it would limit cops’ ability to conduct routine traffic stops that can uncover much more serious crimes.
“It is the most ridiculous thing I have seen in my 36 years in law enforcement,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly told reporters Friday outside the county’s police memorial in Mineola, LI.
The proposed legislation would no longer allow officers to stop or search drivers over such issues as busted head- or taillights, expired registrations and inspections, window tints and even the smell of marijuana.
We've already seen a push for this here, banning "pretextual" traffic stops. The problem is the years-long push for Sparklefart's TSSSSSSSSSSSSS blue cards. If you stop someone for a violation, you really ought to write the mover. The ticket should be a "must appear" violation so that the driver has no choice but to show up in court and prove to a judge that they fixed the reason for the stop.
No "pretext," no problem, and you can still ask questions and make observations that might lead to bigger crimes being discovered - you know, like actual police work.
Labels: dumb ideas, out-of-state
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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“ actual police work.”
That went out of style when the calendar hit 2000.
I have been saying this for years and I totally agree. Chicago should implement this immediately and be the leader when it comes to this. These younger officers don’t seem to want to listen and can’t resist chasing suspects. If this is implemented it should take that option away if we’re not supposed to be stopping them in the first place ! Give these Libs what they want why even bother arguing at this point ?! Look at it this way …. They want us to do less work for more money. It’s a win win
“…including the one that ended up nabbing serial killer Joel Rifkin.”
or the one that caught OKC bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Politician: let's pass a law saying you must register your vehicle.
2nd Politician: let's pass another law saying the law cannot be enforced by the police.
Yep. That makes sense.
"Actual p o l i c e work" hahaha this department is now isnt trained to do real police work. Not to mention 9 out of 10 of these dei hires don't have any street smarts or national instincts to do real police work. If they cant use a computer or a camera posted on a pole.... gezz if they dont have a working pdt, they couldn't even find the location of where their job is at. Real police work is 80% still, 20% luck. Half of these dumb wits now cant even tell when they have an arrest able offense without googling it or asking their srgt. Wait what was the point of me posting... I forgot.
Why not just take the law off the books that you have to have functioning taillights, current tags, both headlights, etc.? Why tell police NOT to enforce a law?
New York is a list vause. Their governor had Peanut The Squirrel killed.
How long until the Feds tell the States that they have to allow certain types of stops in order to qualify for Federal Funding...
And effectively put an end to this bullshit?
Roughly 10 years ago at the Academy, 1300 W Jackson, there was a training for traffic stops in the parking lot. Instructor told the recruit to go get the police car from the parking space and drive it over to the class (approximately 100 feet). Recruit gets in the car, starts it up, and sits there. The instructor, impatient after a few minutes of waiting, walks over and tells the recruit, "Let's go. Back it out." The recruit says, "I can't. There's no backup camera."
Poor Peanut.
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