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Police officers walk up to a vehicle in Milwaukee in 2014.
Commentary October 8, 2018
Forget The Ticket — Could You Get Arrested For A Parking Violation?
Supreme Court lets stand lower court ruling extending pretextual stops to parking infractions.
By Katy Naples-Mitchell
Feature June 21, 2017
How to Cut Down on Searches in Traffic Stops: Legalize Pot
New data shows legalization leads to fewer encounters between cops and drivers, but racial disparities remain.
By Justin George and Eric Sagara
Some states prohibit driving with any amount of THC in your system while others have a legal cutoff.
News January 16, 2017
When Are You Too Stoned to Drive?
The question is trickier than you’d think for police, and the courts, to answer.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Police cars in Los Angeles in April 2011. California is among the states which have enacted new laws requiring state and local police agencies to collect and report stop and search information.
News June 21, 2016
Are Traffic Stops Prone to Racial Bias?
An attempt to find out confronts a frayed patchwork of data across the country.
By Vignesh Ramachandran and Katie Kramon
News October 6, 2015
A Rural Sheriff Stares Down the Justice Department
In North Carolina case on racial profiling, U.S. suffers its first loss.
By Simone Weichselbaum
One customer at Astoria Auto Detailing Center in Queens said the tint on the windows of his Mercedes-Benz, pictured above, were within the legal limit. "I know because I've been pulled over so many times [for my windows]."
News August 17, 2015
When ‘Broken Windows’ Meets Tinted Windows
In New York, darkened car windows lead to more police encounters than stop and frisk.
By Alysia Santo
News August 10, 2015
The Woman Who Spent Six Years Fighting a Traffic Stop
Getting caught in a speed trap in a small Louisiana town.
By Ken Armstrong
News August 3, 2015
How the Supreme Court Made It Legal for Cops to Pull You Over for Just About Anything
Even hanging an air freshener.
By Ken Armstrong
News July 22, 2015
What You May Have Missed in the Sandra Bland Video
And it has nothing to do with the arrest itself.
By Eli Hager
Asked and Answered March 25, 2015
‘People Forget that We Are Human Beings.’
A New York City cop of over 20 years on the media’s ignorance, the benefits of stop-and-frisk, and why he wishes he could live in New Jersey.
By The Marshall Project
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