Berkeley votes to end traffic stops for minor traffic infractions

[Coolguy101]

Its actually quite common for traffic police in other countries to be unarmed traffic enforcement only. I'm not surprised that we are trying it out over here.

[nedro]

Hahaha...This is going to be interesting. What could possibly go wrong with this.

Dead Employees is just a start.
What about female employees? What do you think a couple of upstanding citizens who are turning their life around and preparing for collage would do to them?

[sfpcservice]

Can you really tell a Peace Officer (like a city cop) not to enforce laws?

[4P0X1]

We'll at least Oakland would have to deal with less sideshows bahahaha.

[Den60]

Yes, unarmed "officers" should be utilized to pull people over or mitigate domestic disputes. I mean, those are about the safest issues police deal with.

[wazafuzz]

I have a solution to all of this "they're just using pretext stops to target minorities" crap. Sacramento, just repeal all of those pesky vehicle codes! Why have laws you are forbidden to enforce?
Gawd I miss the days when were allowed to actually go out and match wits with the underworld. My partner and I used to say "a felony arrest a night, that's all we ask".