Portland police officers have been instructed to no longer make traffic stops for certain kinds of non-safety-related moving violations and to change their approach to consent searches as the ...

One of the first cities to give this a try was Lansing, Michigan. In July 2020 the Lansing PD implemented new guidelines for its officers to not pull drivers over for so-called 'secondary ...

Dozens of drivers have filed formal complaints with the city over traffic stops for minor violations turned into full ...

State Senator Brenda Gilmore has introduced senate bill 1554, the legislation will require the peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to study and make recommendations on how ...

Traffic stops are the most common reasons that people come in contact with police, with roughly 20 million stops each year in America. Nationally, research shows racial disparities in police stops.

The Chicago Police Department made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely than white drivers to be pulled over.

A new Illinois law targeting new drivers mandates that all driver’s education classes include a section on what to do during a police traffic stop. Above, a Sacramento, Calif., officer talks to ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The revised North Carolina Driver’s Handbook will be distributed this spring, giving drivers a detailed list of guidelines of how to respond during a traffic stop and what ...

The Chicago Police Department was urged Monday to rein in so-called “pre-textual” traffic stops that disproportionately target Black and Hispanic motorists and exacerbate distrust by ...