Traffic Stop
How education and effective communication can improve both officer and community safety
The Court of Appeals determines whether a traffic stop resulted in a de facto arrest or was simply an investigatory detention
Can an officer follow search and seizure procedures during a wall stop? The court decides in this recent case
Man arrested during a traffic stop was accused of cooking methamphetamine inside his apartment at the facility for seniors
County has escalated its enforcement of the defiant car-service industry, joining forces with the Miami-Dade Police Department to catch scofflaw drivers
Chief followed the driver for about two blocks before pulling the driver over
Superior Court decision granted officers right to search a vehicle during a traffic stop without first going to a district judge to obtain a warrant
20-year-old Matthew Michael Lee McMahon activated a red and blue light Monday while driving behind an unmarked sheriff’s car
Michael Fujikawa sued the city, claiming his arrest was payback for refusing to put his hands on the dashboard and mouthing off to an officer
The officer said he became aware of his position as a firefighter and “was concerned if a DUI charge was pursued, there may be some sort of reprisal”
Officer entered the car through the driver’s side door and tried to stop suspect, who then drove off with the officer still in the vehicle
Two Stockton police officers were seriously injured in a traffic collision while responding to assist in the arrest of a shooting suspect
Man carefully balanced a rifle on the roof of his car and fired two shots, striking the officer in the head before he got out of his patrol car
SC deputy could not stop in time after vehicle overturned
Death of Jair Cabrera marks the first time that an officer in the community’s department was killed in the line of duty
An officer was seriously injured after being struck by a minivan while conducting a traffic stop Thursday
Massachusetts police say a man blew through a stop sign and also blew a cloud of marijuana smoke when he was pulled over
Man accused of fooling police and prosecutors into thinking he was his brother to avoid a fifth drunken driving arrest
Officer who was forced to jump off a bridge as his patrol car came barreling toward him
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has blocked reauthorization of the 15-year-old Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant that has supplied 1M vests to officers
A large tree fell onto the hood of the vehicle, knocking the officer to the ground
Man alleges near total loss of vision in his right eye after he was shot twice by deputy
An Indiana man whose age, white hair and folksy style helped conceal his role as a drug courier was sentenced Wednesday — his 90th birthday — to three years in federal prison
Police recorded 14,261 stops from Jan. 1 to March 31, compared with 99,788 in the same period of 2013
The off-duty deputy activated the blue emergency lights of her patrol car and initiated a traffic stop
A K-9 was fatally struck by a passing vehicle during a traffic stop in Maryland
Meek Mill called 10-hour traffic stop racially motivated
Pa. police are no longer required to secure a warrant to search a vehicle
