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Recommendations

Chapter 6

Citizen Stop and Search Practices

Finding 33

MPD's traffic stop practices have a disparate impact on the African-American community.

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Recommendation 33.1

MPD should engage an independent evaluator to measure the community impact of its traffic enforcement strategy as compared to the potential benefits of the strategy.

Recommendation 33.2

MPD should continue voluntary collection of traffic stop data, a practice that is to be commended.

Recommendation 33.3

MPD should, as part of its data driven practices, provide quarterly trends and analysis of traffic stop enforcement and searches to district supervisors, analyzing data across the city, districts, and peer groups.

Recommendation 33.4

MPD should task supervisors with ensuring accuracy of data reported and reviewing and analyzing traffic stop data to identify trends and potential bias-based behaviors at an early stage.

Recommendation 33.5

MPD should, publicly and on a quarterly basis, report at the FPC the outcomes of its traffic enforcement strategy, including the demographic trends and crime trends, identified for the quarter.

Recommendation 33.6

MPD should require the training currently provided on fair and impartial policing and procedural justice to be delivered to all officers in the Department.

Recommendation 33.7

MPD should communicate throughout the ranks that a traffic stop quota is prohibited.

Recommendation 33.4

MPD should task supervisors with ensuring accuracy of data reported and reviewing and analyzing traffic stop data to identify trends and potential bias-based behaviors at an early stage. 

Current:

MPD regularly analyzes traffic stop enforcement as part of the CompStat process and has analyzed both individual officer and work location specific traffic stop enforcement data during these presentations. MPD would require technical assistance and a funding source in order to train supervisors to identify potential trends in regards to traffic stop data.

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