Baltimore City Council Member Rochelle “Rikki” Spector says she was doing her civic duty when she complained to transportation officials who killed a ticket she received for “willfully disobeying a lawful order” during a downtown traffic stop last November.

“When a council person sees a [law enforcement] person not dealing well with the public, we go the next step,” Spector told The Examiner Monday. “My purpose for giving [the ticket] to transportation was to let them know who this person was. That was my purpose for calling. These agents need more training.”