Dallas Police Forced To Enforce And Obey The Law

Starting Sunday, any Dallas police officer in a marked squad car who is captured on the city’s cameras running a red light will have to pay the $75 fine if the incident doesn’t comply with state law.

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Many police officers are angry about the proposed policy. The prevailing belief among officers has been that they can run red lights as they see fit.

“I know that a lot of the officers are not real happy about it,” said Senior Cpl. James Bristo, second vice president of the Dallas Fraternal Order of Police. “Nobody out here is just running red lights left and right.”

He said many police officers view the new policy as yet another thing they have to worry about.

Yes, having to worry about traffic signals while driving is such a prodigious burden.

# 2007 Apr 12