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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has any other councilmember said a word on this yet?[/quote]

No but they are all meeting with police on Monday about traffic enforcement.   I wonder if it will come up then.   This is Jawando gearing up to prohibit traffic stops.  [/quote]

Practically speaking- assuming that is somehow his goal- how do you just not do traffic stops?

Drunk/erratic driving.  Violations.  All kinds of things absolutely warrant traffic stops. [/quote]

Jawando stated during the election he's interested in a bill that prohibits stops for anything other than traffic safety.  I have no idea how he defines traffic safety-related stops.  I see some model legislation floating around out there by advocacy groups that state people shouldn't be pulled over for not wearing seatbelts or using car seats for kids.   To me, that's safety.

But a larger issue is that police are getting illegal firearms out of vehicle stops at an alarming rate right now.   I think it's in the public interest to get as many illegal guns off the streets as possible.   Not to unjustly stop someone, but if they are driving a car that reeks of weed, that's obvious probable cause for investigating impaired driving.   And not surprisingly, they find a lot of guns in those cars.    [/quote]

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