Bill would let local cops write tickets on the Interstate
Feb 24, 2011 | 853 views |  0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Here’s a story that’s sure to be a talker. Rep. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, wants to give local police the power to write tickets on interstate highways within their city limits. Make that give back: a 1996 law stripped them of that power. That law, as it turns out, was penned by a legislator who’d been pulled over twice in small towns – and clocked at 90 mph.

From The Anniston Star – Repeal would let local police write tickets on the Interstate

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