Police

Steve Lehto: Lawsuit Reveals PD's Traffic Stop Quota

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A Tiny Alabama Town Is Growing Its Police Force by Fining Everybody in Sight

Brookside officers have been accused of fabricating violations and are being sued.

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Federal Judge Catches West Virginia Trooper in Traffic Stop Lie

A US District Court judge tossed a weapons charge after finding a West Virginia state trooper told a dubious tale about seeing a gun during a traffic stop.

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Watch Nevada Highway Patrol Officers Seize a Veteran's Life Savings Through Asset Forfeiture

The officers admit there's nothing illegal about carrying large amounts of cash, then take almost $90,000 from him anyway.

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New Miami Voters Hit Brakes on Request for Additional Police Levy

For several years when speed cameras were rolling in New Miami, the village was flush with cash, and since the cameras stopped rolling, so did big revenues. But voters on Tuesday denied a new levy to shore up finances.

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Speed Camera Money Promised for Traffic Safety Transferred to Police Department

Baltimore City officials on Wednesday approved the accounting of tens of millions of dollars in COVID-19 spending, but it wasn't without controversy.

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Steve Lehto: You Can Now Legally Film Cops in Florida

It took 12 years and two rulings from a Florida appeals court to get here, however.

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Police Turn to Car Data to Destroy Suspects' Alibis

They reveal everything from location, speed and acceleration to when doors were opened and closed, …

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Civil Asset Forfeiture in Texas Is Creating an Unlikely Alliance

Civil asset forfeiture, which lets police officers seize property from suspected criminals.

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