Dan Eichinger

Dan Eichinger works for Wayne County, Michigan’s Indigent Defense Services Department. He formerly worked for the Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender, serving as an appellate and trial attorney, trial manager, and deputy of the trial division.

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It’s Long Past Time to Ban Pretextual Stops—Take It From a Public Defender

Police pretextual stops, in which traffic police pull people over as an excuse to search them, should no longer be allowed.

Dan Eichinger

Aug 30, 2023