Los Angeles Just Crippled Proactive Policing
California voters are demanding tougher action on organized retail theft and repeat offenders. At the same time, Los Angeles politicians are restricting the very proactive policing tactics officers have used for decades to find stolen cars, illegal guns, fugitives, narcotics, and career criminals before crimes escalate.
In this episode of Left Coast News / Behind the Line, we break down:
L.A.’s crackdown on so-called “pretextual stops”
The real-world role of proactive policing
How traffic stops often uncover major crimes
The contradiction behind California’s Proposition 36 crackdown on theft…
The skinny
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