for driving in the left lane of the local interstate. not for speeding or texting on her phone or something that might have actually put herself and other drivers at risk. simply driving in the left lane. she was one of over 400 people the brookside p.d. ticketed for driving in the left lane between 2018 and 2020 according to al.com. if all this sounds like a police state nightmare, may i remind you that a riot-controlled tank, the s.w.a.t. training that brookside s officers have gone through and the not one, but two drug-sniffing dogs the department have but don t need don t pay for themselves. joining me now is carla crowder. she s the director of the alabama applecede center for law and justice. thanks for coming on the show tonight. in an interview with alabama.com, brookside police chief mike jones, who has run the department during this massive surge in police recruitment, he told the website about the money that they re making from ticketing people. quote, i see a 600% increase.
she was pulled over and ticketed for driving in the left lane of the local interstate. not for speeding or texting on her phone or something that might have actually put herself and other drivers at risk. simply driving in the left lane. she was one of over 400 people the brookside p.d. ticketed for driving in the left lane between 2018 and 2020 according to al.com. if all this sounds like a police state nightmare, may i remind you that a riot-controlled tank, the s.w.a.t. training that brookside s officers have gone through and the not one, but two drug-sniffing dogs the department have but don t need don t pay for themselves. joining me now is carla crowder. she s the director of the alabama applecede center for law and justice. thanks for coming on the show tonight. in an interview with alabama.com, brookside police chief mike jones, who has run the department during this massive surge in police recruitment, he told the website about the money that they re making from ticketing peop