Update:Here's the full story on the report.Earlier: Louisville Metro Police on Friday released the long-awaited study into whether officers racially profile in making traffic stops.WFPL's Jacob Ryan is at a news conference Friday morning where the study is being released and discussed:
Of drivers pulled over from March 2013-April 2014, 67.1 pct white, 28 pct black, 3.5 pct hispanic, 1 pct asian american
— jacob ryan (@jacobhryan) October 24, 2014
9.4 pct of stops during study period resulted in a search. Of those, 53.5 pct of white drivers were searched, 43.1 pct of black drivers
— jacob ryan (@jacobhryan) October 24, 2014
13.7 pct of black drivers stopped were searched. 7.6 of white drivers stopped were searched, per study.
— jacob ryan (@jacobhryan) October 24, 2014
There were 87,775 traffic stops analyzed during the study, conducted by the UofL Justice Administration Department.
— jacob ryan (@jacobhryan) October 24, 2014
Chief Conrad says the report is not "definitive," but provides data the department can work with. #LMPD
— jacob ryan (@jacobhryan) October 24, 2014
You can follow Jacob's coverage from the news conferencehere.WFPL will have full coverage of the study soon, plus reaction.The study was done by Deborah Keeling, chair of the justice administration department at the University of Louisville. Keeling looked at data on every traffic stop from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.Chief Steve Conradrequested the study in 2012;he said he wanted to be able to prove what he believed—that Louisville Metro Police officers conducted fair police work."I am thoroughly convinced that the Louisville Metro Police Department does not racially profile,” Conrad said in June 2012. "But I don’t have the information that I need to be able to demonstrate to anybody in the community that what I’m saying is true. I believe it, but I can’t show it." Update: 12:50 p.m.: Here's the Full Study
