Black drivers are more than twice as likely to be stopped by police than White drivers in Montgomery County, Md.
There has long been a case for increasing automated enforcement as a way to improve traffic safety, Riemer said, and it is now coinciding with the calls to address racial inequity.on the police department reveals staggering racial disparities in arrests and use of force, along with highly detailed data on traffic enforcement.
“There are many factors that need to be considered beyond simple census data to determine if racial bias exists in law enforcement,” Jones said in a statement. regularly document, review and publish demographic data to do with traffic stops, which have since showed consistent disparities along racial lines.“We’ve had the data for a long time. What we don’t have is any change in policies,” said Cherri Branson, a former council member who was recently appointed to the county’s police advisory committee.That might change in the coming months as the county explores how to shift automated enforcement away from police.
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