Maybe the paraphrase got a little garbled.....

"Copley also said he’s instituted a policy requiring officers to report reasons for car searches and canine unit searches, even though by law, police officers don’t need a reason to search vehicles."

.....or else somebody repealed the Fourth Amendment while I wasn't looking. Probable cause? That ring a bell?

It was nice to see "temblor" spelled and used correctly, by the way.

But if you ask me, it's a little odd to see the astrology column under a "Police & Courts" header.