House OKs Bill That Restricts Police Crossing Town Borders

[NutmegYankee]

HARTFORD — The state House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that prevents police from crossing town lines to enforce local ordinances or municipal codes.

The bill stemmed from an incident in February 2014 involving former major league baseball player and ESPN analyst Doug Glanville.

Glanville, who lives in Hartford, was questioned by a West Hartford police officer while he was shoveling snow in his driveway. The West Hartford officer had been investigating an incident in West Hartford and had gone into Hartford's West End in what neighbors say is a fairly common practice of police crossing municipal lines.

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The issue became national news in April 2014 when Glanville, who appears regularly on TV, wrote an article in The Atlantic titled, "I Was Racially Profiled in My Own Driveway."

http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-house-votes-glanville-0506-20150505-story.html

A link to the article that started this: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/04/i-was-racially-profiled-in-my-own-driveway/360615/

[bigwillq]

1. Good.

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