The policy now heads into labor negotiations with the police union, meaning it could be months before a final decision is made.
limits members of the San Francisco Police Department from stopping people for nine specific low-level offenses.
That means failing to display registration tags, driving without fully functioning rear taillights or failing to have a turn signal on continuously for 100 feet before turning couldn't be the sole reason someone is pulled over.The policy is an attempt to reduce incidents of racial profiling by police.
Pretextual stops disproportionately affect people of color and "return negligible public safety benefits," the policy states.
The policy, Benedicto added, enables a reallocation of law enforcement resources to higher-priority public safety concerns like unsafe driving and violent crimes.Commissioner Debra Walker had previously expressed concern over a potential effect on traffic collisions and pedestrian fatalities, saying "that not enforcing traffic laws creates real issues rather than solving any,"
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