Police Might Not Be Able To Use This One Phrase in Colorado Soon

Being pulled over by a police officer can be nerve-wracking, especially if you don't know why. Like any good law-abiding citizen, you see the lights flashing behind you and pull over. The seconds from when you stop to when the officer approaches your vehicle feel like hours.

Your mind starts racing as you wonder what laws you might have broken. The officer finally approaches your window and asks you that one phrase... Do you know why I pulled you over?  

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Soon, that question or any variation of it, could soon be going away in Colorado. According to KOAA, Colorado House Bill 25-1243 is aiming to ban that type of verbiage from law enforcement.

HB25-1243 could make it so that the peace officer could not ask that question to a driver who has been pulled over in Colorado. Rather, the officer making the traffic stop would need to inform the driver of the reason or reasons as to why they were stopped.

The seemingly short House Bill has only two sections. Section two states that the general assembly believes that the act of informing the person who is driving needs to know why they are being pulled over in Colorado to preserve the public peace, health, and safety of Colorado departments and Colorado institutions.

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If HB25-1243 does pass and a Colorado police officer does ask the driver if they know why they were pulled over, it does not mean that the question is grounds for dismissal of a charge or exclusion of evidence.

Similar laws are already in place in three states in the nation. California, Connecticut, and Minnesota. These laws were passed in the three states in the past two years.