Akron council narrowly rejects resolution asking administration to study making window tinting a secondary offense
Councilman Garrett’s resolution, which asked the administration to examine treating window-tint violations as secondary offenses to address profiling concerns, failed on a 6–7 roll call after extended debate over state preemption, data needs and policing practice.
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Councilman Garrett offered a resolution urging the administration to study whether window-tint violations could be made a secondary offense to reduce low-level stops and potential racial profiling. After more than an hour of debate, the council voted 6–7 against the resolution, so it did not pass.
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