{"content":[{"text":"Project staff made a presentation about the traffic stop totals for the past five calendar \n years. Overall, Connecticut has seen a 19% decrease in overall reported traffic stops \n since 2014. The 94 municipal police departments total reported traffic stops decreased \n by 6% and the State Police decreased by 44% during the same time period. Most of the \n decline in reported traffic stops since 2014 can be attributed to less state police activity. \n Commissioner Rovella indicated that this was likely the result of significantly fewer \n officers on the roadways over the last five years. There were 508,361 traffic stops \n reported in calendar year 2018.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.090906,"width":0.7336289999999999,"height":0.14215699999999998}},{"text":"V.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.250754,"width":0.015785999999999994,"height":0.01776300000000003}},{"text":"Policy Work Group Updates","bbox":{"left":0.235294,"top":0.250754,"width":0.23175799999999996,"height":0.01776300000000003}},{"text":"Ken Barone provided an update on the activities of the Policy Work Group, which was \n formed at the December 2018 meeting. The group has met a number of times to discuss \n proposed legislation and other research initiatives. The work group developed \n testimony in response to Proposed Bill 707, An Act Concerning Traffic Stop Reports. The \n testimony included a proposal that the advisory board explore other alternatives for \n providing the driver of the stopped vehicle a receipt of the stop. The advisory board \n agreed to explore this issue and report back to the legislature before the beginning of the \n 2021 session.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.28636,"width":0.741528,"height":0.14200600000000002}},{"text":"The work group also outlined a few topic areas that they plan to focus on in the coming \n months. This includes a review of consent search policies in other states, the impact of \n equipment and administrative offenses on minority motorists, and the statutory \n definition of racial profiling. This group is open to all members of the advisory board.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.446209,"width":0.72577,"height":0.07094499999999998}},{"text":"VI.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.534997,"width":0.022059999999999996,"height":0.017762999999999973}},{"text":"Stanford Open Policy Project recent study of 100 million traffic stops","bbox":{"left":0.235294,"top":0.534997,"width":0.573336,"height":0.017762999999999973}},{"text":"Project staff shared a report recently published by Stanford University where a team of \n researchers analyzed over 100 million traffic stops around the country. The report \n highlights some of the work done in Connecticut and includes our data in their analysis. \n Matt Ross also provided a handful of other academic articles where the work being done \n in Connecticut has been prominently highlighted as advancing the field of research.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.570451,"width":0.7370190000000001,"height":0.0888239999999999}},{"text":"VII.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.677118,"width":0.028335,"height":0.017762999999999973}},{"text":"General Discussion","bbox":{"left":0.235294,"top":0.677118,"width":0.159375,"height":0.017762999999999973}},{"text":"The advisory board discussed a proposal to request more detailed infractions data from \n the Centralized Infractions Bureau. There was consensus to make a formal request for \n the information to further our research.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.712573,"width":0.732394,"height":0.053369}},{"text":"The CTRP3 website has been updated and is more user friendly. In addition, the data \n website was updated to include 2018 traffic stop records.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.783633,"width":0.7058519999999999,"height":0.03548999999999991}},{"text":"Finally, Ana Mitchell mentioned that there would be a public forum on March 27th from \n 6-8 p.m., American Legion McKinney-King Post, 2121 Main Street, Hartford, CT.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.836967,"width":0.72553,"height":0.03548999999999991}},{"text":"There was no further discussion and the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.8903,"width":0.648727,"height":0.017762999999999973}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}