LA City Council Recommends Banning Pretextual Police Stops By LAPD

LA City Council votes unanimously to BAN ‘barbaric,’ ‘uncivilized’ traffic stops

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson called armed responses to minor traffic violations "barbaric" and "wholly uncivilized."

‘Forty stops, two tickets:' LA City Council votes to end pretextual police stops

In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council moved to end the Police Department’s use of pretextual stops, a law enforcement tactic long criticized by civil rights advocates who say it disproportionately targets Black and Latino residents. Pretextual stops occur when officers pull over or detain someone for a minor violation as a [...]

Council OKs end to ‘pretext’ traffic stops - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council approved a proposal May 6 calling on the Los Angeles Police Department to prohibit what are known as pretextual stops, a move one council member described as a historic step for civil rights. On a 14-0 vote, the council requested the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners to update regulations on the use of pretextual stops with the aim to bar such detentions of motorists and cyclists except i…

Push to limit traffic stops passes City Council — but LAPD policy not changing yet

The Los Angeles City Council voted to limit "pretextual" stops, which have been blamed for racial disparities in enforcement, calling on police oversight officials to quickly adopt new policies.

LA City Council passes bombshell move against cops, police insiders react

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson framed the vote as a moral shift, but according to LAPD sources, several of the restrictions have lived for years inside department policy and training.

LA City Council Recommends Banning Pretextual Police Stops By LAPD

One council member described the vote as a historic step for civil rights.