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"Only 13 out of 11,626 traffic stops resulted in felony arrests," Hensley said. "That is 0.1% of total traffic stops. Only three out of 11,626 traffic stops resulted in stolen vehicles recovered.
The judge who authored the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision that Sergeant Roberto Felix can’t be sued lamented that a “routine traffic stop has again ended in the death of an ...
Los Angeles Police Department officers conducting a felony traffic stop. A "felony" or "high-risk" traffic stop occurs when police stop a vehicle which they have strong reason to believe contains a driver or passenger suspected of having committed a serious crime, especially of a nature that would lead the police to believe the suspects may be ...
The court noted that, during most traffic stops, the actions of the officer are "exposed" to public view and that stops typically involve only one or two officers. [8] The Berkemer ruling held that: A police officer can stop a vehicle if he has a reasonable articulable reason to suspect that "criminal activity is occurring." [9]
Officers focused on vehicles with out-of-state plates, rental cars, and commercial buses. Over 83 percent of the criminal suspects identified during warrantless searches lived out of state. Nearly ...
Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106 (1977), is a United States Supreme Court criminal law decision holding that a police officer ordering a person out of a car following a traffic stop and conducting a pat-down to check for weapons did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The case that led to her arrest stems from an April 15, 2023, incident during which prosecutors say Lynn stopped a driver at a strip mall in Whittier at around 2:45 a.m. after noticing the vehicle ...
When police stop and search a pedestrian, this is commonly known as a stop and frisk. When police stop an automobile, this is known as a traffic stop. If the police stop a motor vehicle on minor infringements in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity, this is known as a pretextual stop. Additional rules apply to stops that occur ...