Massachusetts Lawmakers Wants Unarmed City Employees to Make Traffic Stops Instead of Police

July 31, 2020
Two Cambridge city councilors are proposing letting city workers take over primary traffic enforcement duties from the police department.
Two Cambridge city councilors are proposing letting city workers take over primary traffic enforcement duties from the police department. The policy order sponsored by Councilors Quinton Zondervan and Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler says unarmed city employees should make traffic stops, “which would reduce the possibility of violence during such encounters.”

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