Not Reaching pouches aim to reduce deadly encounters with police
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Not Reaching pouches aim to reduce deadly encounters with police
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There is a new campaign to educate young people on what to do and not do when pulled over in a traffic stop is underway.Jackie Carter, the executive director of the Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops spoke with 11 News about why she says it s matter of life or death.Nearly five years ago and more than 1,000 miles away, the 2016 police shooting death of Philando Castille during a traffic stop in Minneapolis altered the course of Virginia native Carter s life.“Something happened that day for me that literally changed my life and I have sons,” Carter said.Since that fateful incident, Carter created the “Not Reaching pouch a plastic pack that holds your license, registration and insurance and sits on your car s air vent so drivers don t have to reach into their belongings.She also started the alliance for safe traffic stops.Carter is now on a mission to get traffic stop training implemented nationwide in driver s education courses for teens through the Keeping it Safe for Stud