San Jose Cops Caught Asking Drivers, 'Are There Any Dead Babies In The Car?'

When you get pulled over, you generally expect the officer to ask for your license and registration. You generally don’t expect to be interrogated over whether or not you’re transporting any children’s corpses. And yet, that’s what an independent audit of the San Jose Police Department found happened at least twice last year, KRON4 reports.

Following up on citizen complaints, the city’s Interim Independent Police Auditor found video evidence of at least two times a police officer asked, “Are there any dead babies in the car?” during traffic stops. One officer reportedly told the auditor that his field training officer encouraged him to ask drivers shocking questions like that to catch them off their guard, “causing a greater likelihood of the listener speaking the truth.”