A local activist group in Oakland is calling for a dramatic change. They want to take traffic enforcement away from police departments statewide.
It's a proposal that has been criticized by law enforcement groups nationally as dangerous. With many critics arguing that traffic stops are key to cracking much bigger cases.
Similar proposals have been made previously. San Francisco is still working out the details after their police commission voted this month to ban police from making several low level traffic stops. They say they expect to see movement in the coming weeks and hope to eventually see it spread nationwide.
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