Executive Summary
Our analysis shows that while CPD’s traffic stop numbers decreased citywide in 2024, CPD continued the same strategy that focuses on minor stops and disproportionately targets Black and Latine drivers. The 2024 results show:
- Citywide CPD’s traffic stop numbers decreased, but tens of thousands of traffic stops are unaccounted for in CPD’s traffic stops data.
- Despite the decrease, CPD still continues to focus its strategy on minor offenses like registration or light violations, which typically do not present road safety risks.
- Black and Latine drivers are disproportionately stopped, and their neighborhoods have some of the highest concentrations of stops in the city.
- Only a small percentage of stops resulted in citation, arrest, or recovery of guns or drugs.
These findings show that while mounting public pressure may have contributed to a decrease last year, more action is needed to truly address the harm and waste of CPD’s pretextual stops practice.
