About 10% of all traffic stops made by Los Angeles police officers in recent years were so-called pretextual stops, with ...

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...

City of Columbus to pay $30K after officers stopped a Black driver and turned off body cams while debating charges in a ...

The latest RIPA report reveals an increase in police stops and significant racial disparities, particularly affecting Black individuals and those perceived as unhoused in 2024.

There are gaps with searches, too. Advocates want new limits on when police can stop drivers, but don’t plan to push the bill next year. Washington state troopers stop and search drivers of color more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Merced Police Department patrol vehicle. Merced Sun-Star file image. (Andrew Kuhn/[email protected]) The Merced Police ...

The Shelby Township Police Department will not stop requiring its probationary police officers to make an average of four traffic stops and attempt to make one arrest each 12-hour shift after the ACLU ...

When officers pull over a car for a broken tail light, the expectation is usually a quick warning or a minor ticket, not a life changing discovery. Yet across the country, these small equipment stops ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modesto Police officer Randy Raduechel cites a driver for speeding on McHenry Avenue in Modesto, Calif., on Thursday, May 5, 2022.