A Merced Police Department patrol vehicle. Merced Sun-Star file image. The Merced Police Department conducted 6,455 stops in 2024 — almost double from the previous year. The figures come from the ...

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Trustees and residents gained an idea of how the police department closed out 2025, thanks to a report prepared by ...

If you’re arrested in America for a minor charge — say, for speeding or loitering — the punishment from the legal system might end up being the least of your worries. You might wake up a few months ...

There are gaps with searches, too. Advocates want new limits on when police can stop drivers, but don’t plan to push the bill next year. Washington state troopers stop and search drivers of color more ...

The Merced Police Department conducted 6,455 stops in 2024 — almost double from the previous year. The figures come from the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board’s stop dataset, which compiles ...