Posted on 06/23/2002 12:24:27 PM PDT by chance33_98
Judge Says Police Aren't Following Racial-Profiling Law New Compliance Deadline Set The Providence Police Department is still not complying with a law requiring it to report all traffic stops, according to a superior court judge.
Judge Joseph Rodgers Jr. ordered the department to take steps toward compliance six months ago.
City officials told The Providence Journal they intend to follow the law, which is part of a study to see if police departments statewide participate in racial profiling.
Rodgers said he wants the department to be in compliance by August.
He imposed a new requirement. The judge said each time a Providence officer stops a car, he or she must radio the identification number of the racial-profiling card to the dispatcher.
That's intended to confirm that a racial-profiling card is really filled out with each traffic stop.
and we are the "Guinea" pigs paying for a study whose outcome someone has already dictated....
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