Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Bay City Police Department's policy change in issuing traffic tickets is a step in the right direction

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Bay City Manager Robert Belleman said Tuesday the Bay City Police department is changing its policy regarding how tickets are issued. The new rules mean officers must issue tickets at the time of the offense, or mail a ticket at a later time after the approval of a command officer. No longer will officers be allowed to issue tickets in person after an incident has taken place. "The modification is, if the ticket is not issued at the time of the incident, it cannot be issued without the signoff of that officer's command officer. It's kind of a check and balance,” Belleman said in an interview Tuesday.

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