The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...

A routine traffic stops last year in Willowick that began with an expired license plate quickly escalated into a multi-city ...

SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration recently agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Chicago police Lt. Franklin Paz, who alleged he was dumped from a citywide ...

The Los Angeles Police Department's oversight board considered Tuesday whether to permanently restrict certain types of pretext traffic stops, where officers use traffic violations as lawful reasons ...

There are gaps with searches, too. Advocates want new limits on when police can stop drivers, but don’t plan to push the bill next year. Washington state troopers stop and search drivers of color more ...

More than a decade ago, California passed a law aimed at curbing racial and identity-based profiling by police. The Racial and Identity Profiling Act, or RIPA, requires law enforcement agencies to ...

Modesto Police officer Randy Raduechel cites a driver for speeding on McHenry Avenue in Modesto, Calif., on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com The Modesto Police Department ...