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Council committees advance motion to tighten rules on pretextual traffic stops after community testimony
Summary
After hours of public testimony and data presentations, Los Angeles council committees voted to send a motion forward asking the Police Commission to limit pretextual stops for equipment and administrative violations, restrict consent searches during such stops, and require clearer body-worn-video articulations.
Los Angeles city council committees on Thursday advanced a proposal to strengthen restrictions on so-called pretextual traffic stops after lengthy public comment and competing presentations from advocacy groups, the Chief Legislative Analyst and the Los Angeles Police Department.
The ad hoc committee on Unarmed Crisis Prevention Intervention and Community Services approved a motion to ask the Board of Police Commissioners to amend LAPD policy to prohibit pretextual stops for most equipment and non-moving administrative violations, curb consent-based searches during those stops except where a warrant or probable cause exists, and require officers to articulate the basis for a stop on body-worn video. The motion passed in the ad hoc committee 3–1 (Blumenfield, Hernandez and Price voted yes; Lee voted no; one member was absent). The companion vote before the Transportation Committee sent the item forward with no recommendation.
The measure comes after hours of public testimony from residents and community…
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