Category: pretextual stop

LAPD’s New Policy Reduces Traffic Stops, but Crime Is on the Rise

After the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Los Angeles Police Commission updated a policy earlier this year to restrict officers’ ability to make traffic stops, critics say doing so has led to an uptick in crime. At issue is what’s known as pretextual stop, or a traffic stop conducted by a police officer…


LAPD Officers Now Required to Explain ‘Pretextual’ Stops

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Police Commission updated its policy on so-called “pretextual stops” on March 1 to discipline officers—beginning with additional training—if they don’t articulate at the moment why a traffic or other minor violation escalates into a criminal investigation. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) defines a pretextual stop as one in which officers…