Year: 2024
Type: report
Abstract: This brief summarizes findings from original analyses conducted by the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) on police use of force following traffic stops. Drawing on findings from CPE's analyses of 24 local law enforcement agencies nationwide and a novel analysis of eight large agencies in California, this brief updates and extends findings on racial disparities in traffic stops and police use of force. We confirm prior findings that Black drivers are subjected to higher rates of nonsafety stops and discretionary searches than are White drivers. We further find that non-safety stops are more likely to involve use of force than are stops focused on dangerous driving. Taken together, these results suggest that officers' decisions to stop Black drivers for non-safety reasons–and to conduct discretionary searches during those stops–combine to exacerbate Black drivers' exposure to police use of force.Â
Source: Issue Lab (Candid)
Authors: Matthew A. Graham, Scarlet Neath, Kim S. Buchanan, Kerry Mulligan, Phillip Atiba Solomon, Tracey Lloyd
Institution: Vera Institute of Justice
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7024070326