You might think a broken taillight or rolling through a stop sign should lead to a warning, maybe a ticket, and then you are back on the road. Yet minor traffic stops keep turning into searches, ...

What feels like a simple roadside delay is, in reality, a tightly structured legal event with rules, thresholds, and tactics that are rarely explained to the person behind the wheel. The more I study ...

The police department made over twice as many traffic stops from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2 this year than during the same period last ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Traffic stops are among the most common interactions between police and drivers, and experts said even small issues can prompt officers to pull someone over sometimes without the ...

Reporter Monroe Trombly spent weeks analyzing LMPD traffic stop data and found the department had conducted significantly more stops than in 2024.

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Early in his tenure as Louisville Metro police chief, Paul Humphrey said he wanted officers to be self-starters — making more traffic and pedestrian stops and increasing overall contact with ...

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 ...

HAVE COME TO AN END TODAY, BUT WE WILL NEW TONIGHT-- A TRAFFIC STOP THAT STARTED IN PEARL ENDED IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. IT ALSO LANDED THE DRIVER BEHIND BARS. PEARL POLICE CHIEF NICK MCLENDON TELLS 16 ...

COATESVILLE — It’s dark, late at night, you’ve been pulled over by police while driving, and you’re nervous. The officer looks a bit nervous, too. There is an easy way to cut some of that tension in ...