Traffic Stop
Court rules that troopers had independent lawful bases to stop a defendant for a traffic violation and investigate drug trafficking based on collective knowledge doctrine
The court noted probable cause “is not a high bar: It requires only the kind of fair probability on which reasonable and prudent people, not legal technicians, act.”
Use your discretion and consider the situation from the driver’s perspective when you can and when appropriate
Cpl. Seth Kelly continues to recover from gunshot wounds to his neck, shoulder and thigh after being shot during a traffic stop
Police said Cpl. Seth J. Kelly will undergo another surgery to remove a bullet
Officer Jaimie Cox was found near the truck and pronounced dead at a hospital
The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court ruling that concluded police can frisk someone they believe has a weapon.
No one was hit in the exchange
Two men saw the struggle between the suspect and the deputy and pulled over to help
Lawmakers have pushed to reinstate New Mexico’s death penalty for certain criminal offenses and to broaden a rarely used “three-strikes” law
The suspect threatened the arresting officer and lunged toward investigators who tried to question him after he was taken to a detention center
Here are two opposing views that are meant to inform and educate all parties about conflict during traffic stops
“I’m not driving, I’m traveling”
These are intended to help you while you wait for an interpreter to arrive
The state’s House and Senate members agree that new drivers should be taught what’s considered appropriate if they are stopped by police on the road
Newport Police Lt. Patrick Weatherford, a decorated police officer, was fatally shot while assisting with a traffic stop
Police found Woods sound asleep behind the wheel, according to an incident report
All police officers know that no traffic stop is routine, but the procedure could evolve with new technological advancements
Police in Connecticut’s capital city have failed to report thousands of traffic stops as required by a state law aimed to prevent racial profiling
No matter the size of the agency, an eCitation system can be the answer to the time consuming and tedious issues that arise from a pen and paper system
The man he pulled over in the unmarked SUV turned out to be Miami-Dade Detective Alton Martin, dressed in full uniform
The officer, who survived, returned fire and killed the suspect
The department also has opened criminal investigations into the behavior of the two officers
Jim and Doug talk about a host of cases that the public should know
A legislator says he believes his bill requiring North Carolina driver’s ed materials to direct motorists how to act during police stops would save lives if enacted
22-year-old Robert Martin of Staunton pleaded guilty Wednesday to malicious injury to a law enforcement officer and drug charges
The boy, Nathan Snow, was driving his miniature F-150 home from the playground when an RCMP officer flashed his lights
A man shot and killed after a traffic stop had barricaded himself inside a car with a gas can and lighter before he exited the vehicle armed with a knife
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against seven officers in Baltimore
