A March 16 email from CMPD attorney Jessica Battle instructed officers that the new North Carolina ban on commercial-vehicle 'immobilization' covers towing in addition to booting, according to WBTV. No More Locked Doors owner Frank Edwards said one of his drivers was threatened with arrest mid-impound on March 26 and that the statute, in his reading, addresses booting devices only.
Operator takeaway
When a police-attorney memo reads a new statute this broadly, the reading travels. North Carolina operators handling private-property commercial tows should get a written legal opinion before the next dispatch and document any officer interaction.