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Show FrataAAERSRAS BR RRL A SRERAT T AS’ lt 4g Standards to Measure Profiling Don’t Exist He The Salt LakeTribune UTAH/NATION Sacra. January 15, 200 Lawmaker Hopes Capitol Passes Anti-Profiling Bill A Issee:Racial Prafting peeved od corte hbng Leagh amasggarde raspy td ‘studying racial profiling. Compiling traffic stop statistics is often the first step, but measuring the extentof racial profiling is still an imprecise science. ee ce In response to community allegations of racial profiling, San Jose became the first U.S.city to compile demographic data relating to traffic stops. [Continued ued from A-1 BY SHAWN FOSTER ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE uly 1, 1999 —— Latino ia Gla hide et sal 'tn ‘what doyou do with it.” ‘These Black Asian Duane Bourdeaux Other Population amon Rs osx Bj2ix |osx Vehicle stops SI si% 97x fjicx fox > San Diego The police review and analysis of citywide vehicle stops began in response to community wishes. Jan. 1 —June 30, 2000 White Latino Black Other [ii.0x Huis isx fjex Population” IR Mj 202% Vehicle stops MM48.4% —ij2es% Bourdeaux has Speak edged in past that his > Texas White Latino Black Population (RN 60.7% Bijes.cx Biz Trafic stops NRcs.1%fJ1o8% fjo.7% Vehicle searches (ENING 51.9% Wis22% Bi43% Ja1% |2.4% “The bottom line is without numbers, we will never know,” Bourdeaux said. The measure would mandate that each motorist’s race be included on a Utah driver license. In i.cx constituted profiling without a widely accepted way to interpret cials said the study was flawed because it compared ticketing to each county’s racial makeup, whereas interstate drivers often come from pol In September, San Diego police acknowledged they typically pulled over blacks and Latinos twice as often as whites but said they couldn’t conclude this aren't even collecting the sameinformation. So the Justice Department hired Northeastern’s Ramirez. In her report, published in December, recommended that police record details of searches as well as traffic stops. But definiti addition, the bill would require and be the kindof effective police work most citizens desire. Conversely,ifpolice in a largely white suburb stop black drivers because they think they don’t be- Even so, two Utah law enforce- ment agencies have voluntarily been gathering statistics to show their officers’ hearts are pure. Jong there or “look suspicious,”it would seem clear case of racial profiling. But the kinds of numbers that departments are collecting don't makefor clear-cut cases. “You need additional facts in orderto know whetherthatis true However, critics have questioned the agencies’ methods, whichrely on officers to determine the race ofthe motorists. Last year, for example, a state NEW Product 70),TE:BIRD OCSeryCMsCrcvelimatCe '|539 | 50™ saree ne January 18th 6:30 8:30 Adana and pasty Pion tin em tiem a (ela NPAWACAAONN veiw CS etl Cottonwood Mall na AY IFESTYLES uu NEW Yate Fitness Centers ‘inest Ps mai Pace Ecler NewYear's s Fitness Goals! Don'tweight, the newyear is here. Nowis the time. Free PersonalFitness Training * Advanced Cardiovascular Equipment Gigantic Machine & Free-Weight Centers ¢ Large, On-Site Nursery House too BIG? Utah's Best Selection of Aerobic & Sport Classes Open 5:30 a.m. M-F & Weekends Early Winter too ‘Want to be PAMPERED? #* ALL CLUBS ARE NEWLY EQUIPPED * Call Us: Police were driven by blacks, while only 14 percentofthe people on the road were black. The Maryland research also found 70 percentof the searches of cars driven by black people turned up nothing illegal. Another studyoftraffic stops in a Florida county showed that nearly 80 percent of the drivers who had been stopped were black. Their stops lasted longer and they were twice as likely to be searched. And in New Jersey, the state acknowledged last year that at least 80 percent of car searches by state troopers were of minority drivers. Those kind of numbers should convince even the most entrenched of nonbelievers, Bourdeaux said. “I'm nota statistician,” he said. “Butif 11 percentofthe population is made upofpeopleof color, and 50 percent of those pulled over are minorities, that would be Advertisement Questarto Raise Gas Prices to Record High BY DAN DEARDEN MURRAY, UT - According to news eses peopeeed se5% pass rate raewas spr pending a future etroactive to Jan. 1, 3001hes rate increase is the largest increase ever requested. newest increase combined with the ro rate hikes this 5% would increase as bills by 49.7%. Even Re increase it may not (PLUS PROFESSIONAL FEES) FINAL WEEKS than their white counterparts. Experts can agree only on the onflagrant examples of officers’ They say their numbers show there is no systemic problem. trooper identified a dark-skinned Latino from Tooele as white. Revolutionary “Glass Act will waive up to $125.00 of your Insurance Deductible. PhasWith Every Windshield You Get... law enforcementagencies to adopt written policies prohibiting racial profiling — defined in the bill as “the disparate treatment of an individual solety on the basis oftheir racial or their ethnic status.” Under the proposed law,officers would have to record the race of each motorist they stopped. But Bourdeaux’s bill died in last year’s Legislature and was later shot down by an interim committee. A similar national racial profiling bill has been stalled in Congress since 1998. thing to — offi defend thestatistics by saying that there are just more AfricanAmericans who do suspicious things,” she says. Stopping drivers as part of a FREE Windshield! may be some reason why ethnic minorities drive more, or less, * A'1995 study found 73 percent of Other ‘TheAssociated Press * Residents 15 years and older Bourdeaux measure will not answer every question about whether some Utah An October report by the Texas Department of Public Safety on police activity said traffic stop statistics “closely relate to the estimated of Texas,” but vehicle searches were not as consistent with demographics. March 1 — July 30, 2000 March. And it's difficult to “standardize” the data. In other words, there wi to cover star's higher costs. A request for another increase is possible. Unfortunately for homeowners the story emit end there. Because of Be end of the El Nino and La Nina weather eeenee people's Bs ee were increase=ileoeis last year. The combined effect means your as bill the remainder ofthis winter could be 2-2 1/2 times or more higher than lastyear. 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