What started as a routine traffic stop for one police officer in Pickens, North Carolina, quickly turned into a surprise late-night two-step lesson on the side of the road. Traffic stop cloggings and concerts, seemingly, are a thing for the Pickens Police Department; they have posted body camera and dashcam footage on Facebook showing multiple…
VIDEO: Patroller Stops Old Man for Failure to Stay in Lane, Gets Surprise Two-Step Lesson on Roadside
LIVE NOW: News Conference on Man Killed After Traffic Stop in Memphis
A civil rights lawyer holds a news conference at 2:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 on the case of five Memphis police officers who have been fired for being involved in a traffic stop that resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
News Conference on Man Killed After Traffic Stop in Memphis
A civil rights lawyer holds a news conference at 2:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 on the case of five Memphis police officers who have been fired for being involved in a traffic stop that resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …
VIDEO: Bodycam Shows Officer Overdosing After Fentanyl Exposure, Fellow Officers Saving Her Life With NARCAN
A Tavares, Florida police officer has her coworkers to thank for taking decisive, lifesaving action when she overdosed just days before Christmas. The officer was exposed to a “potent narcotic” and exhibited signs of an overdose, Tavares Police Department stated in a press release. Visceral body camera footage that is hard to watch shows the…
Missouri Officer Dies After Being Shot During Traffic Stop
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A Missouri police officer died Tuesday after he was shot during a traffic stop by a suspect who then fled, officials said. Officer Daniel Vasquez, 32, was attempting to stop a vehicle for expired temporary tags in North Kansas City Tuesday morning when the car’s driver shot the officer and drove away,…
Traffic Stops for Minor Violations Would be Prohibited Under New California Bill
May 25, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—Senate Bill 1389, authored by Sen. Steve Bradford (D-Inglewood), would prohibit law enforcement officers from pulling over vehicles for a low-level infraction without a separate, independent basis to initiate the stop. In the bill, introduced in February and passed out in the senate appropriations committee May 19, such infractions would be not having an up-to-date…
After George Floyd Protests, a Dramatic Nationwide Decline in Proactive Policing
March 9, 2022
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Police officers pulled back big-time in the last year and a half following the George Floyd protests. Key proactive policing activities such as suspect stops plummeted in the summer of 2020 and continue at a historic low ebb to this day, according to an Epoch Times analysis. The Epoch Times reviewed police stop data from…
Police Stop Distraught Elderly Man for Speeding—Help Connect His New TV Instead of Giving Ticket
Law enforcement officers know that handing out a ticket isn’t always what keeping the peace and serving the community calls for. It sometimes means stopping by an elderly neighbor’s house to connect a new 50-inch flat-screen, because they’re not a tech-literate—or just having a bad day. Such was the case late September, when Officer Coates…
Minnesota Lawmaker Claims He Was Cited for Race; Police Releases Body Cam
Authorities in Minnesota released the body camera footage of a traffic stop involving a state lawmaker who claimed he was pulled over and ticketed by an officer for his race. The video, released by the City of St. Paul, shows state Rep. John Thompson, a Democrat, being pulled over on July 4 after midnight; with…
Minnesota Lawmaker Claims He Was Cited for Race; Police Release Body Cam
Authorities in Minnesota have released the body camera footage of a traffic stop involving a state lawmaker who claimed he was pulled over and ticketed by an officer because of his race. The video, released by the City of St. Paul, shows state Rep. John Thompson, a Democrat, being pulled over on July 4 after…
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