Police disproportionately stop Fresno commuters who are people of color for reasons based on administrative or equipment violations rather than unsafe driving — a practice critics say is outdated.

Black drivers stopped for low-level traffic violations in San Diego were more than four times as likely as White drivers to ...

About 10% of all traffic stops made by Los Angeles police officers in recent years were so-called pretextual stops, with roughly 30% of those resulting in evidence found related to other crimes, ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted in favor of new restrictions on so-called "pretextual" traffic stops, signaling a growing impatience with the Police Commission's failure to rein in a ...

Recently the Santa Monica Public Safety Oversight & Reform Commission (PSROC) was given a presentation by a staff member for State Senator Steven Bradford’s office advocating for a change in the Santa ...

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The San Francisco Police Department will continue its policy limiting traffic stops for minor infractions, after a judge dismissed a lawsuit this week brought by the police union trying to undo it.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – What started as a traffic stop near the airport turned into a chase through the streets of Memphis. A Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) trooper said he saw a silver Mercedes with an ...