1. He was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car. 2. Also required would be information about the location of the traffic stop, the nature of the alleged violation and the disposition of the case. 3. And now, more and more, the routine traffic stops are being caught on film. 4. Anecdotes about criminals such as McVeigh and Ted Bundy caught at traffic stops are common police lore. 5. Assaults on police officers during traffic stops are a significant law enforcement concern. 6. Attorney General Janet Reno said her department is investigating whether police officers are using racial profiling in traffic stops and other questioning of citizens. 7. Being white definitely has its advantages, such as during traffic stops, police sweeps or visits to the loan departments of banks. 8. Bennett said the SJC majority ignored the reality of police work, where a life-threatening event can grow suddenly out of routine traffic stops. 9. A few court-ordered studies of traffic stop patterns are proving that minorities in some areas are subjected to a disproportionate number of traffic stops. 10. A proposed bill that would have prohibited race-based traffic stops was narrowly defeated last year. |