Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore is green-lighting a new department policy aimed at limiting 'pretextual' traffic stops, or traffic stops for minor violations.
Instead, police will be encouraged to pull people over only if they are suspected of committing of other crimes including street racing, burglary, hit-and-runs, and narcotics possession, according to a letter from Moore obtained by Fox News Digital. Police will also be encouraged to restrict traffic stops for vehicle equipment and other minor violations.
The effort comes in response to concerns from Los Angeles community members that pretextual stops for minor violations to investigate other crimes"are arbitrary, capricious and a reflection of an individual's implicit or explicit bias," the letter states.
To"eliminate bias" within the LAPD and among its officers, the Department"seeks to hone the focus of its traffic enforcement and crime prevention strategies … while also strengthening trust and improving community relations," the letter states, adding that"less attention" should be given to"vehicle equipment violations," such as a missing license plate.
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