KEY STUDY FINDINGS

An analysis of over 80,000 San Jose Police Department traffic and pedestrian stops from September 2013 to March 2016 found some distinct racial disparities in who was stopped and what happened afterward, but also many cases where no disparities surfaced.

Black motorists were between 1.6 and 1.9 times more likely to be stopped by police than their representation in benchmark traffic collision data would predict

Latino motorists were between 1.7 and 2.6 times more likely to be stopped compared to the same baseline

Black motorists were 9 times more likely and Latino motorists were 3.4 times more likely than white motorists to be field interviewed during a traffic stop. Within that, blacks were 2.8 times more likely than whites to be ordered to sit on a street curb during the stop

Black pedestrians were stopped less frequently than white pedestrians

Latino pedestrians were 2.4 times more likely than whites to be handcuffed during a police stop

No significant statistical differences were found in the rates of arrests between black, Latino, Asian and white motorists

No significant statistical differences were found between black, Latino, Asian and white pedestrians in the rates of arrests, personal searches, or citations issued