How to Use traffic stop in a Sentence

traffic stop

noun
  • Christopher Bouldin spoke with the Free Press about his traffic stop.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The officer turned on the squad car's lights and siren in an attempt to make a traffic stop.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The officer turned around in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop on the BMW.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 8 July 2024
  • There hadn't been a trace of Mary in more than two decades — until police in Phoenix, Arizona, made a traffic stop.
    Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Nichols, who was Black, was pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun during the traffic stop, but ran away, police video shows.
    CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The baby looked on calmly from the arms of his grandmother, who arrived at the scene after the traffic stop.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
  • Diller, 31, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Monday, police said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The thefts occurred in the wake of a judge’s dismissal of charges against a police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In 2015, a white officer in Cincinnati killed a Black man during a traffic stop.
    Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The driver sped away during the traffic stop, and deputies did not have any contact with him, Severson said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Dial is accused of killing Eddie Irizarry a year ago this month during a traffic stop.
    Danny Freeman, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile, at least 23 states have laws on collecting data on traffic stops, the group said.
    Marc Levy, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • Police in Phoenix, Arizona, pulled over a pickup truck in a routine traffic stop.
    Chuck Stevenson, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • While en route, the officers spotted a vehicle that matched the description from the 911 call and did a traffic stop.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Pelletier was killed on duty in a crash during a traffic stop.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
  • More recent data suggests that the breakdown of BPD traffic stops by race may be roughly the same, years later.
    Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Officer Ella French was shot and killed during a traffic stop in 2021.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
  • An agent found a vehicle matching the description, and, before a traffic stop could be initiated, the SUV pulled to the side of the road.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Nichols, who was Black, died in a hospital three days after he was kicked, punched and hit with a police baton during the traffic stop.
    Rebecca Byrd, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The lawsuit alleges Cowan had no probable cause for the traffic stop.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2024
  • Pastor Herb Miller, 63, was found with crystal meth during a traffic stop, police say.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Crump, the civil rights attorney, said Cure was on Facebook Live during the traffic stop, but said the video has been pulled off the social media platform.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The police officer will then alert their colleagues, who come in a police car to initiate a traffic stop.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Elders, who also was accused of shooting a cop during a traffic stop the same day, now faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
    James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Per the statement, the suspect then allegedly drove through a traffic stop set up by the police, and soon lost control of the vehicle, which resulted in a crash.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • While en route, officers located a car that matched the description from the 911 call and conducted a traffic stop.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Police in Georgia say a traffic stop for expired tags resulted in a major drug bust.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The suspect was detained during a Monday traffic stop and released at 6:15 p.m., Fryhoff said.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Weather permitting, the temporary traffic stops will allow crews to set steel girders for the new Har-Ber Avenue overpass.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Nichols was beaten after running away during a traffic stop in January 2023 in Memphis and died three days later.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024

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