Civil Litigation,
Administrative/Regulatory
Sep. 30, 2025
Judge rejects police union suit over low-level traffic stop limits
A judge dismissed the San Francisco police union's lawsuit over a department policy limiting low-level traffic stops, citing local authority and failure to exhaust remedies before the state labor board.
A San Francisco judge has thrown out a police union's lawsuit that challenged a department policy restricting officers from stopping vehicles over low-level traffic violations, while admonishing them for bringing the claim in a "highly congested" state court.
In his order, Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn accepted the San Francisco Police Officers' Association's complaint against the city, the Police Commission, and Police Chief William Scott, had merit o...
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