Law enforcement officers from departments across the state testified about the problem with fake paper plates. One cop said they busted a ring printing them off in a parking lot in Austin. The head of the Texas DMV believes his agency has come up with a solution, but the Grand Prairie police chief expressed his concerns.
The problem was highlighted last month whenTsai’s police chief testified Friday as a new design rolls out to make temporary tags more secure.
Grand Prairie Police Chief Daniel Scesney testified before the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice in Austin Friday. He wants state lawmakers to do more to combat the problem of fraudulent paper plates."Just on the way down here today, I saw half a dozen paper tags," he said. In 2021, officials estimated at least 1.8 million fraudulent paper plates were on the roads in Texas. The Texas DMV expects the new-and-improved design to drastically reduce that number."The issue is they're passing the eyeball. In other words, it goes by the cop, and it looks pretty good. Unless they run it, there's not an issue," he said. "There’s a ton more investigative value. But to the street cop, this isn't going to fix it.
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