The Kansas City Star TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to stop using its “two-step” tactic during traffic stops as part of a. The ACLU of Kansas filed a class action lawsuit last month against the Kansas Highway Patrol, accusing them of a practice of intentionally and unconstitutionally prolonging. A federal judge has found that a Kansas Highway Patrol practice known as the “Kansas Two-Step” violates motorists' constitutional protections against unreasonable.
A federal judge has found that a Kansas Highway Patrol practice known as the “Kansas Two-Step” violates motorists' constitutional protections against unreasonable. With the “Kansas Two-Step,” the officer steps back toward the patrol car but stops and reengages the driver in conversation, a conversation that is supposed to be consensual. A federal judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to stop using a procedure called the “Kansas Two-Step,” on the grounds that it was a violation of the fourth amendment. But that two-step, which troopers used often against out-of-state drivers, was part of a “war on motorists” waged by the Kansas Highway Patrol in violation of the Fourth. A federal judge on Friday ruled the Kansas Highway Patrol's practice of the “Kansas two-step” violates the constitutional rights of drivers.
A federal judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to stop using a procedure called the “Kansas Two-Step,” on the grounds that it was a violation of the fourth amendment. But that two-step, which troopers used often against out-of-state drivers, was part of a “war on motorists” waged by the Kansas Highway Patrol in violation of the Fourth. A federal judge on Friday ruled the Kansas Highway Patrol's practice of the “Kansas two-step” violates the constitutional rights of drivers. A federal judge has ruled against the Kansas Highway Patrol and in favor of motorists, ordering the KHP to stop its policies and practices of detaining motorists without.