Fatal Assaults Against Police Officers during Motor Vehicle Stops in a Fourth Amendment Context

• In Event: Police Motor Vehicle Stops and Collisions

Abstract

This research examines fatal assaults against police officers during traffic stops from 1972-2012. Specifically, the research seeks to test numerous assumptions made by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the dangers presented by drivers and passengers during these stops and articulated in the decisions of Pennsylvania v. Mimms, Maryland v. Wilson, and Michigan v. Long. Using data from Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted the specific assumptions made by the Supreme Court in these decisions are analyzed.

Authors

• Illya Lichtenberg, Mercy College

• Adriana Laino, Mercy College