Some modest improvement was noted at the recent Urbana City Council meeting when it comes to racial disparities in traffic stops. From the News-Gazette today:
Urbana police report traffic stops for minorities down in first half of 2018More at the full article here, including a change being made by the council on parking on Federal Drive.
The Urbana Police Department on Monday announced a downtick in traffic stops of black and Asian drivers during the first half of this year.
The difference was discovered when comparing traffic stop data, from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2018, to stop numbers from that same period of time for the past five years.
Despite the decrease, Urbana police crime analyst Melissa Haynes told the Urbana City Council that black and Hispanic drivers were still more likely to be stopped than expected, based on the city’s driving population...
White drivers saw an uptick in traffic stops this year, while continuing to be stopped less than expected when looking at the driving population. Hispanic drivers also saw an uptick, making them just more than likely to be stopped than expected.
Urbana Police Chief Sylvia Morgan said she has been working with officers on recognizing implicit bias and changing the way they think while on the job.
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