Recently the Santa Monica Public Safety Oversight & Reform Commission (PSROC) was given a presentation by a staff member for State Senator Steven Bradford’s office advocating for a change in the Santa ...

When San Francisco’s Police Commission voted in January to approve a new policy to curtail certain traffic stops that often target communities of color, it was hailed by some as a historic victory.

The San Francisco Police Officers Association, which has been bargaining for more than a year over a new policy restricting “pretextual” traffic stops, declared an impasse in negotiations today, ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Commission on Police Practices is taking the first step in investigating how San Diego Police officers handle pretext stops in the city. A pretext stop is when an ...

Dexter Reed’s death at the hands of Chicago police officers in Humboldt Park provoked a range of emotions among city residents — from outrage about Reed’s killing to confusion around his interaction ...

California police will soon be required to tell drivers why they've stopped them before they can start asking questions. The new bill, A.B. 2773, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2024, will also require all ...

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy detains a man to search his vehicle after a 2021 traffic stop on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times) Starting Jan. 1, ...

As of January, California police officers are required to provide motorists and pedestrians with the reason for stopping them before asking any questions. Under Assembly Bill 2773, which was enacted ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego communities are calling for change when it comes to so-called "pretext stops" by police. On Wednesday, San Diego's Commission on Police Practices heard directly from San Diegans ...

On March 21, Chicago police officers shot and killed yet another Black man, Dexter Reed. This wasn’t regular officers in a squad car with flashing lights. These were five plainclothes officers who ...