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  • Driver hands a phone displaying an Alabama driver's license image to a police officer through an open car window at dusk.
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    A picture of your driver’s license is not a digital driver’s license

    You get pulled over and realize you don’t have your driver’s license with you. But you’ve got a picture of it saved on your phone, so you figure that should be good enough. After all, it shows your name, photograph, license number, and everything else that’s printed on the actual card. The officer can use…

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  • Gray utility work truck with storage compartments, ladder rack, and a blue emergency light illuminated behind the windshield.
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    Can an Alabama police chief make any vehicle an emergency vehicle?

    Back in July 2026, I posted a video explaining that an Alabama police chief has the authority to make any vehicle an emergency vehicle. I didn’t expect that statement to be particularly controversial, but I quickly discovered just how many people on Facebook apparently know more about Alabama law than the people responsible for enforcing…

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Michael Saad is a law enforcement veteran whose career has taken him around the world and eventually back to where it started.

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