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User_Name13 t1_iwuym56 wrote

Reply to comment by StubbornLeech07 in How rampant phony license plates are being used to get away with crimes in Philadelphia by AbsentEmpire

> The issue is that with this currently being a summary offense, the Philadelphia police won't do anything about it because they will just consider it part of the Driving Equity Bill and something they are not allowed to pull someone over for.

City Council passed the Driving Equity Bill, which was a bullshit policy change that has resulted in more lawlessness on the roads.

How is it the cops fault they're being undermined by City Council?

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TheTwoOneFive t1_iwv4rv4 wrote

Which of the things in the Driving Equality Bill have to do with this?

  • Late registration (with a sixty day grace period)
  • Relocation of temporary registration (must be visible)
  • Relocation of license plate (must be visible)
  • Missing a single brake light
  • Items hanging from the rear view mirror
  • Minor Bumper issues
  • Driving with an expired inspection sticker
  • Driving with an expired emission sticker

Plates can be moved but still must be visible. Nothing in here says having a forged plate is not allowed. PPD don't even track fake plates.

You seem desperate to blame this on anyone but the PPD when this is clearly something they refuse to enforce. Yes, the state legislature should bump up the penalty for a fake plate, but as long as the PPD refuses to do anything about it and won't even make the minimum investment of license plate scanners for parked cars, tracking these fake plates, or pulling over people with tinted covers, it doesn't matter if they raise it to a felony with a life prison sentence, the PPD is simply too lazy/incompetent to enforce it.

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_iwy1nkq wrote

People driving cars with fake tags are generally idiots who are driving junk. It's likely one of these things would also be screwed up, which would allow the police to conduct a stop.

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User_Name13 t1_iwv5qjq wrote

> You seem desperate to blame this on anyone but the PPD when this is clearly something they refuse to enforce.

Did you even bother to read the article?

FTA:

"Philadelphia police officials acknowledge the department lacks automated plate readers and other technology to trace cars with faked tags."

How can they when they lack the tools to do so?

Tackling this problem would involve increasing funding to the police, something many people on this subreddit are vocally against doing.

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DavidLieberMintz t1_iww1383 wrote

>Tackling this problem would involve increasing funding to the police.

LMFAO okay. Maybe we should audit the police so we can see how recklessly they spend their money. Fuck outta here with this "cops need more help" propaganda.

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kdeltar t1_iwv7cc0 wrote

I think you might have ignored the question about state law

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User_Name13 t1_iwys8nj wrote

You're right.

I was wrong about that being Krasner's fault instead of the state legislatures.

We need stricter laws at a state level to address this.

I can admit when I'm wrong.

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