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San Antonio will be the first Texas city to participate in the privately funded Lights On! program. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas LightsOn! Police
Police Chief William McManus explains details of the Lights on! program during a public safety committee meeting on Jan. 17. Some San Antonio drivers with busted tail lights won’t be getting a citation but a replacement voucher under a new initiative that takes aim at the city's cycle of poverty and unnecessary traffic stops.
The San Antonio Police Department is participating in the national Lights On! initiative, Chief William McManus said at Tuesday's city councilThe program is a Minneapolis-based initiative launched after the death of Philando Castile, a Black man shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after being pulled over for a faulty tail light.according to the Lights On! websiteInstead of writing tickets for burnt-out automobile lamps, which can be burdensome for low-income families in car-dependent cities, officers will give drivers pulled over on San Antonio's South, East and West sides $250 to cover a replacement. Drivers can redeem the vouchers at participating service centers. Private donors such as Target and a handful of NFL teams — including the New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars — fund the program, meaning no taxpayer dollars are spent on the replacements. Locally, grocer H-E-B has allocated $20,000, enough for 80 vouchers. District 1 City Councilman Mario Bravo lauded the Lights On! Program on Twitter, saying it will offer relief for San Antonio's low-income motorists. Imagine a police officer giving you a coupon for a free replacement taillight rather than writing you a ticket to pay a fine.
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