§ 31-21.1-1 Short title
§ 31-21.1-2 Declaration and policy
§ 31-21.1-3 Advisory committee – Establishment – Duties
§ 31-21.1-4 Traffic stop study
§ 31-21.1-5 Adoption of written policies
§ 31-21.1-6 Data collection and use
§ 31-21.1-7 Penalties for refusal to act

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 31-21.1 - Traffic Stops Statistics

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.