A new policy that would limit causes for police to pull over Maryland drivers could become the rule of the land. The legislation would treat non-safety related offenses, like window tint, driving with expired tags and excessive noise, as secondary violations or those that cannot be the sole reason for a police officer to make a stop. Shown here, former Maryland State Trooper and FBI agent Tyrone Powers (left); Vennieth McCormick, founder of New Life Recovery Center; Cleveland L. Horton, executive director of the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights; Danielle Blocker, executive director of Young People for Progress; Tia Holmes, assistant public defender for Maryland’s Office of the Public Defender (OPD) and Debbie Levi, director of special litigation in the Baltimore City Trial Division for the OPD, discussing the proposed policy.
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