Traffic Stop Refresher: Must You Justify Why You Ordered Someone out of a Vehicle after a Lawful Stop?
  • Ref # CAC10024
  • January 26, 2025

Traffic Stop Refresher: Must You Justify Why You Ordered Someone out of a Vehicle after a Lawful Stop?

By Robert Phillips

Deputy District Attorney (ret.)

Legal Issues, Case Citation

  1. Traffic stops, ordering a driver out of a vehicle
  2. Pretextual motivations for ordering a subject out of a vehicle
  3. Unlawful prolonging of a traffic stop
  4. Ordering out of a vehicle and the mission of a traffic stop

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