Government
Nov. 5, 2024
SF police union sues to halt limitations on 'pretext stops'
The San Francisco Police Officers' Association claims that a local order limiting the stops violates the California Constitution and creates a conflict with officers' sworn duties.
The San Francisco Police Officers' Association filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County seeking to put an end to a regulation limiting their authority to pull people over for low level traffic offenses. The police union's lawsuit comes as other cities in California attempt to limit traffic stops allegedly made on pretexts.
San Francisco's Department General Order 9.07 "deprioritizes" the enforcement of nine low level traffic offenses by police officers that h...
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