BRATTON WANTS ACCESS TO DRIVER'S LICENSE FILES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.Byline: - Daily News Police Chief William Bratton on Thursday reaffirmed his support for legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, but urged California lawmakers to give police wider access to the state's database of drivers. Senate Bill 60, which is under consideration by the Legislature, would add the identification data and thumbprints of an estimated 2 million now-unlicensed drivers to the information banks of the Department of Motor Vehicles In the United States of America, Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a commonly used name of the government agency of a U.S. state which administers the registration of automobiles (e.g., by issuing license plates), and/or the licensing of drivers (e.g. . Law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). already have access to the DMV's data on drivers but must make individual requests for information on each person they are interested in. Bratton said law enforcement authorities are requesting, as part of the legislation, that the DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles information be accessible by computer to law enforcement agencies. ``It is my belief, and that of the (Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . )
command staff, that passage of that bill would impact public safety in
the city,'' Bratton said.
He said the new law would give police more information for crime fighting Crime Fighting See also Sleuthing. Batman devotes his life to fighting Gotham City’s criminals. [Comics: Berger, 160] Canadian Mounties by significantly increasing the pool of information on people in the state. It also could aid police by reducing the number of hit-and-run incidents, he said. Unlicensed drivers are more likely to leave the scene of an crash, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. law enforcement officials and supporters of the bill. The measure's author, Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, revived the measure this summer after Gov. Gray Davis, at a rally to defeat the Oct. 7 recall election, said he is eager to sign it. |
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