Police Say Minorities Are Stopped More Often
Police officials Friday released results of a yearlong study showing that African American and Latino drivers are stopped and their vehicles searched at a rate exceeding their proportion of the population.
Chief David Bejarano said he does not believe his officers engage in racial profiling. Still, he said the department will enhance training in avoiding bias for both trainees and veteran officers.
Bejarano was backed by members of the ACLU and the Urban League, who agreed that the study was inconclusive on the issue of why minorities are stopped more frequently than whites.
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