The blue light protocol enables motorists to move from an area should they feel unsafe after being pulled over by law enforcement officers.
“Despite this, numerous police and traffic officers are wholly insensitive to this issue and incorrectly believe that they are empowered by the law to abuse members of the public who try to protect themselves from violent crime.
“In some instances, people have been beaten up. In others, they have been shot at and even killed by overzealous law enforcement officials. This cannot go on and if, as it appears to be, the blue light protocol is contributing to this abuse, JPSA can no longer endorse it,” he said. The National Road Traffic Act required a motorist to immediately stop for a traffic officer in uniform, but should motorists feel unsafe, they could drive to the nearest police station.
“Should it turn out that the individuals stopping a motorist are criminals posing as police, the motorist should, where possible, institute civil and criminal proceedings against the culprits and the police, the latter of whom are constitutionally obliged to protect them from criminality. “In this case, it is our view that the officers concerned should be prosecuted for assault, since it is clear that the woman was merely trying to guard against falling victim to violent crime and was not fleeing from police,” he said.
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