Buffalo Common Council president calling for greater transparency about traffic stops

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Darius Pridgen, Buffalo Common Council president, is calling on the Buffalo Police Department to be more transparent with their locations of traffic checkpoints around the city.
Buffalo Police use checkpoint to stop cars as they’re coming through a certain area to check for violations- anything from not wearing seat belts to driving with outdated registration. Checkpoints are held strategically at different places around the city.
Pridgen said that there’