CNS: 10th Circuit flags ‘Kansas two-step’ traffic cop trick as unconstitutional

CNS: 10th Circuit flags ‘Kansas two-step’ traffic cop trick as unconstitutional by Andrew J. Nelson (case posted here) (“A 10th Circuit panel on Thursday found that out-of-state motorists who sued Kansas over a traffic stop tactic have standing, but a federal judge went too far in an injunction that imposed documentation and other requirements. At issue was a tactic used by the Kansas Highway Patrol, where a state trooper turns away from the driver’s door and then turns around and starts talking to the motorist again. This maneuver, sometimes known as ‘the Kansas two-step,’ initiates what law enforcement describes as a voluntary interaction with the trooper — as opposed to the rest of the traffic stop, which is involuntary.”)