Should the LAPD impound vehicles of unlicensed drivers?
2 Comments Published by clay September 8th, 2007 in State and Local Politics.Vehicles seizures like to resume
LAPD officers could soon be impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers again after the City Attorney’s Office found the practice to be constitutional, police Chief William Bratton said Friday.
The Los Angeles Police Department temporarily stopped the practice last week after the City Attorney’s Office said it might be unconstitutional. But after a review of the initial findings, based on a 2005 federal appeals court decision, the City Attorney’s Office found that in most cases the practice was legal.
The practice of towing vehicles has been decried by immigrants-rights groups that say it unfairly targets those here illegally, because they cannot obtain licenses. But the LAPD officers union said as long as the practice of confiscating cars is legal, the moratorium should be immediately lifted.
The union says a significant number of hit-and-run suspects are unlicensed drivers. The LAPD annually impounds about 40,000 cars driven by unlicensed drivers.
The practice generates roughly $14 million in revenue for the city of
Do you think the LAPD should have the power to impound vehicles of unlicensed drivers?
I think that it’s fair because peope who dont have licenses shouldn’t be driving and it provides much needed funding for the county. However, i also think that there should be a way for people who are here “illegally” to get licenses to drive.
i think that they should not impound it they shuld just givethem a ticket because if they take the car away that person will just try to find another way to get a carand a ticket and driving school would require them to get a license.