Officers Anthony Lavigne and Andrew Avila pulled over a driver leaving a local sandwich shop for failing to turn on their headlights. The officers conducted a pretextual stop, during which they removed the driver from the vehicle and proceeded to conduct a thorough search of the vehicle, including checking under the hood.
Following the exhaustive search, they ordered the driver back into the street, and then made him stand in the street with his hands held behind his head they delivered an extended lecture before releasing him without issuing a citation.
LAPD officers Anthony Lavigne and Andrew Avila conduct a pretextual stop