California police are far more likely to use force against homeless residents, new data shows While most drivers are stopped because over traffic violations, 64.8% of the stops of homeless residents were based on “reasonable suspicion” — a less-demanding standard.

New #RIPA report for 2024 documents (for the first time this data was collected) 4x the use of force, arrests, searches and handcuffs of people stopped who were perceived to be homeless vs a vs those committing traffic violations. #trafficstops #police www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

"Ever wondered how long traffic stops should take? 🚦 Discover the truth behind the delays and your rights. This video sheds light on a common issue that affects us all—don’t let ignorance put you at risk! #TrafficStops #KnowYourRights #LegalAwareness"

SFPD data shows racial disparity in traffic stops fell with new policy After a lengthy and contentious process to restrict police “pretext” stops, early data shows improvements.

SFPD policy designed to reduce racial disparities in #trafficstops did exactly that. The state stalled a bill to make those changes statewide. They should reverse that. This is a solvable problem if we stop listening to the police unions. #Caleg missionlocal.org/2026/01/sfpd...

A police officer leans toward a stopped car at night, shining a flashlight through the driver’s window. The headline “The Holiday Odor Trap” appears above the scene. The road behind the officer is lined with blurred lights. Pot Culture Magazine branding runs along the bottom of the image.

The Holiday Odor Trap. Why police still use smell to escalate traffic stops and how drivers can protect themselves during the busiest travel season.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #HolidaySeason #CannabisOdor #TrafficStops

Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective | ACLU Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, vi...

Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective

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#Felon47 #TrafficStops

Judge dismisses S.F. police union suit targeting policy that limits traffic stops Judge Joseph M. Quinn found "legal defects" in suit attempting to undermine San Francisco's policy limiting minor traffic stops

Judge dismisses police union challenge to San Francisco's ban on pretextual #trafficstops saying the union had failed to come up with a single example of when the policy would have prohibited them from enforcing state laws. missionlocal.org/2025/09/judg...

Hennepin County chiefs, sheriff speak out against new policy on low-level traffic stops Law enforcement heads are speaking out in opposition to a new policy from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to not prosecute felonies that arise from low-level traffic stops.

It is not a simple issue. Ask the #police, and you will hear of countless #felony and #warrant arrests made on the basis of #trafficstops for minor offenses. Blanket policies of this nature are likely to defeat the original intention.
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Two men arrested during separate traffic stops on Sunday night in Priceville The Priceville Police Department said that multiple people were arrested following two traffic stops that were unrelated on Sunday night.

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DC is experienced a 30 year low in crime. They are actively having traffic stops right now to investigate and detain people. #dc #trump #nationalguard #now #crime #roadblocks #stops #checkpoints #trafficstops

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NH just eliminated the yearly inspection requirement. Not to worry, the police can stop you for any offense they see- even bald tires. And then? You can be searched and fined. $$$ going to whom???!

#Tennessee #trafficstops

California police officers are still stopping, searching Black drivers at higher rates California law enforcement officers stopped Black and Latino drivers and pedestrians at higher rates than white people in 2023, according to the RIPA Board.

#RIPA Board reports for the 7th consecutive year that CA police stop non-white drivers and pedestrians at much higher rates and are more violent during stops of non-white and younger people. #trafficstops www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...?

Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But a new investigation reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superin...

"In June, Snelling reported traffic stops were down by 87,000 over the same time last year. But behind that reduction is thousands of unreported police encounters, which accounted for 1/3 of all #trafficstops over the first seven months of Snelling’s tenure" #Chicago boltsmag.org/chicago-poli...

SF Police Union sues to stop traffic stop policy that ended stops and searches for low-level traffic offenses. The union says the policy should have gone to arbitration after they blocked it during meet and confer and declared an "impasse". #Trafficstops #Police www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...?

SFPD cop who misreported race in traffic stops killed himself SFPD Sgt. Rene Vig Nielsen, who admitted misreporting the race of drivers in traffic stops, killed himself in September while under investigation. He ticketed more than 1,000 people over a three year ...

The officer “did irreparable harm to the integrity of SFPD’s Racial and Identity Profiling Act reporting,” police accountability investigators concluded in a June report, referring to state-mandated data collection showing the race of drivers in #trafficstops. #RIPA sfstandard.com/2024/10/10/c...

Did you see #LastWeekTonight? It's on
#Cars
#TrafficStops
#Police
#DrivingWhileBlack
and why America needs to pass laws to eliminate pretextual traffic stops (non-safety related police stops that are racially biased and often result in conflict). #VisionZero

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‘It’s not effective policing’: California police officers continue to stop Black drivers far more often Across all California law enforcement agencies, the Chronicle found officers were 2.3 times more likely to stop Black people than white people in 2023.

Even with years of #RIPA data proving the point, CA police agencies continue to dispute the preponderance of racially-biased #trafficstops. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Chicago police make a traffic stop for a seat belt violation. Then they shot 96 times in 41 seconds. #trafficstops #pretextstops www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Today's crime studies include work on intimate partner violence

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#IntimatePartnerViolence #TrafficStops #CriminalJustice

#RIPA board reports significant racial disparities in #trafficstops for 7th consecutive year. LA also reports that after regulating mimiting #pretextual stops, they had a HIGHER #contraband recovery rate from traffic stops than before the new policy. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...?