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Towing company appeals 60‑day suspension after officer finds unpermitted truck at Mardi Gras lineup
Summary
B&B Record Service (B&B Towing) appealed a 60‑day removal from the city rotation after police cited a 2017 Dodge Ram without a current city permit present in the impound lineup during Mardi Gras; the council heard testimony and will decide by resolution within 10 days.
A public hearing March 17 covered an appeal by B&B Record Service (doing business as B&B Towing) of a 60‑day suspension the Mobile Police Department placed on the company’s rotation list. Attorney Will Phillips and owner Brad Walker told the council they were unfairly suspended after an officer cited a 2017 Dodge Ram that Walker said was parked and being used only to dispatch another driver that day.
Will Phillips, who represented the company at the podium, said the truck was not used to tow during the Mardi Gras lineup and that the company’s working tow truck was the one taking calls that night. “I sat behind Officer Goodwin the whole time… I never moved the truck,” Walker said, arguing the vehicle on site was a personal…
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