While police must have a reason to initiate a traffic stop, in New York and most places there are no laws that require them to immediately tell you why you were pulled over.

Hernandez-Reyes, who was not present during the 2022 Tennessee traffic stop, was charged in 2020 in a 7-count federal indictment for unlawful transportation of undocumented immigrants within the U.S.

With the “Two-Step,” troopers finish the initial traffic stop, issuing a ticket or a warning, and start to walk away, then turn back to talk more to the motorist. That allows them to keep looking for ...

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to stop using its “two-step” tactic during traffic stops as part of a sweeping court-mandated overhaul of the agency’s practices.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is appealing a federal injunction that will block its troopers from using the “two step” traffic stop tactic that a judge ruled had resulted in the agency violating ...

They called it the “Kansas two-step.” When a mundane traffic stop was nearing its end, a state trooper would turn to leave. But after a couple of paces toward the squad car, the trooper would ...