Traffic Stop
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A CHP officer is in critical but stable condition after he was shot during a traffic stop on Monday
The officer was conducting a traffic stop when a second car pulled up and a man jumped out, video shows
The officer was conducting a traffic stop when a second car pulled up and a man with a hatchet jumped out, police said
The court rules that evidence discovered in a third pat-down search over the course of a traffic stop is admissible
The suspect was also killed and a second officer was wounded after a “rolling gun battle,” authorities said
A traffic stop shooting that left one officer seriously wounded this week has drawn comparisons to a tragic 2021 incident
Two officers were attempting a traffic stop when the driver pulled even with their squad car and began shooting
An officer asks the suspect to step out of the vehicle, but, seconds later, the man opens the door and starts shooting at the officers
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The court determines if the driver’s suspended license allows extension of the time and scope of the traffic stop
The court determines whether a dog sniff conducted during a traffic stop was unlawful and outside the reasonable time and mission of the stop
Philadelphia officers had removed a vehicle’s passenger for safety concerns during a traffic stop and found a loaded pistol
The court rules on a case questioning whether officers were prolonging the traffic stop for the purpose of conducting a dog sniff
St. Paul police said state Rep. John Thompson “misused” his position by interfering in a stop that reportedly involved his daughter
Carl Wayne Buntion had been on parole just six weeks when he shot Officer James Irby during a traffic stop
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Troopers Martin Mack and Branden Sisca cut the stop short when they received a higher priority call
“Mom, you can’t lie to the police, you did drink,” the young boy said
A pedestrian opened fire as the officers were trying to make a traffic stop, police said
The Court of Appeals determines whether a traffic stop resulted in a de facto arrest or was simply an investigatory detention
Under the new policy, officers would only be able to make pretextual stops if they are “acting upon articulable information”
“The officer stayed in the fight to the end,” said Chief Roberto Filice. “He gave his life for it”
A man-on-the-run accused of shooting a deputy was fatally shot Wednesday by a homeowner whose house he tried to break into, police said
Union leaders argued the new law illegally preempts existing state traffic laws
“There obviously will be impacts,” said a state patrol spokesperson. “What the extent of those impacts are, I just don’t know”
The proposed policy would bar such stops “unless officers are acting upon articulable information”
One state official described the shooting as “an execution”
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The deputy is expected to survive
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