Old wine, in new bottles. Remember the old TAC and Special Response Units on the street, stopping cars when not on an assignment. In the act of stopping cars the cops would develops the situation as it unfolds. A number of these “traffic” stops resulted in a recovered gun(s), dope and arrests. Couldn’t help but have a positive impact on the crime rate.
If the bad guys knew they were going to be stopped they’d stay away. Take their dirty deeds elsewhere…or they’d be locked up.
Fast forward to 2021. The Atlanta PD, in one district put together a traffic unit to enforce ALL traffic laws. The end result being from JAN1st to today over 1,100 citations written, 26 guns recovered and investigative leads developed in a number of major and current cases.
The unit, consisting of 6 police officers and 2 sergeants wants to make clear that the stops are based on violations of the traffic code. No profiling allowed.
Maybe it’s true. Everything, given time, will circle back around.
Peace
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