It's been five years since Ramsey County implemented a new policy designed to reduce the number of non-public-safety traffic stops, and improve public trust.
The Ramsey County attorney's office released a video, with testimonials with law enforcement officers sharing their experiences on the street.
That is including St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry who had pulled a woman over for having a broken tail light.
"I pulled this person over and they had two small kids in the car and it turned out they were homeless and they were living out of the car," Henry described.
Instead of giving her a ticket, he gave her a voucher to get the light fixed for free.
"She started to cry and then she drove off," said Chief Henry. "And about five, six minutes later, I was still out dealing with something else in the same area, and she pulled up and she got out of the car and she came up and hugged me."
That happened in 2021 when Ramsey County law enforcement leaders announced they would reduce reliance on non-public-safety traffic stops and focus traffic enforcement on moving violations that directly relate to public safety.
Those include offenses such as speeding, reckless and impaired driving.
"When talking to other chiefs who have reached out and asked about this program, you know, the first thing I say is you got to listen to your community," Roseville Police Chief Erika Scheider explained. "You know, that's really what drove this change. We're listening to what our community was telling us their needs were."
The goal of the policy change is to improve public trust and reducing racial disparities in policing, especially when it comes to traffic stops.