Saturday, February 7, 2015

Question: Minorities are twice as likely to be pulled over? Does this show a problem with racial profiling?

Chief McClelland: We keep data on all of our traffic stops including racial information. That is sent to city council and the state. If an officer is assigned to a predominately black neighborhood, they will stop more black drivers just based on the neighborhood they work.

We do not have a perfect department. I know there are some who will break the rules but I don't believe it is a wide spread problem.