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FMCSR Week 6: Shoehorning
Future articles in this series will specifically address laws in the FMCSR that parallel or are similar to laws in the IVC, such as...


FMCSR Week 5: Reporting
The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) is a funding mechanism of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to provide...


FMCSR Week 4: Training
All troopers hired by the ISP who successfully graduate from the basic academy will have received training on commercial motor vehicle...


FMCSR Week 3: Legal Authority
The FMCSR is the sole authority for regulation of interstate motor carrier traffic and States have the ability to adopt the FMCSR for...


FMCSR Week 2: Philosophical Authority
The goal of this post is not to wax philosophic or leverage a political opinion on immigration and tax laws, but to illustrate that a...


FMCSR Week 1: The Problem
It is understood that not all leadership in the Illinois law enforcement, particularly at the local level, will be in agreement with...


The First of July
Appropriate registration is defined as “the full annual cost of the required registration and its associated fees”. This language was...


The Length Arm of the Law
When it comes to understanding length, the universal misconception is the law is a “one size fits all” regulation. This could not be...
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