When San Francisco’s Police Commission voted in January to approve a new policy to curtail certain traffic stops that often target communities of color, it was hailed by some as a historic victory.

Federal jurors say an RPD officer fabricated the reason for a 2019 traffic stop, leading to an arrest that kept a man jailed ...

The San Francisco Police Officers Association, which has been bargaining for more than a year over a new policy restricting “pretextual” traffic stops, declared an impasse in negotiations today, ...

A pretext is a false reason for taking a particular, often illegal, action. It hides a questionable motive by concealing it behind something that has the appearance of legitimacy. The Trump ...