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Traffic Stop Data Collection Policies for State Police, 1999
Provides findings
from the 1999 Survey of State Police Agencies Information Inventory. Discussed
are the circumstances under which demographic data are collected for traffic-related
contacts and violations. The survey also asked if the data collected was
stored in an electronically accessible format. At midyear 1999, 9 of
the Nation's 49 State law enforcement agencies whose primary duties include
highway patrol reported requiring officers to report demographic information
on the driver or passengers for all traffic stops. Thirty-one agencies
reported collecting the race/ethnicity of drivers receiving traffic-related
citations. Fifteen State agencies recorded the driver's race/ethnicity
if officers conducted a vehicle or occupant search. A majority of the
States that collected racial/ethnic information from traffic stops maintained
these data electronically. 2/00. NCJ 180776
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