In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council moved to end the Police Department’s use of pretextual stops, a ...

LA City Council voted unanimously to end LAPD pretextual stops after data showed racial disparities in enforcement.

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 ...

The Los Angeles Police Department's oversight board considered Tuesday whether to permanently restrict certain types of pretext traffic stops, where officers use traffic violations as lawful reasons ...

Council's decisive vote: The LA City Council approved a measure to prohibit LAPD’s pretextual stops, citing evidence of disproportionate impacts on certain communities. Next steps unclear: The Board ...

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 ...

Indiana State Police reported over 38,000 traffic stops and 295 drunk driving arrests in April as part of ongoing efforts to ...