Sharon Machlis on Nostr: Massachusetts does not collect data on police traffic stops *unless a ticket is ...

Massachusetts does not collect data on police traffic stops *unless a ticket is issued.* This makes it impossible to analyze data about racial bias in stops where no driver wrongdoing was found.

“Why the fight to curb racial profiling via traffic stop data keeps failing in Mass”
https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/state/2023/11/17/the-mass-legislature-repeatedly-rejected-anti-racial-profiling-bills/70516496007/