Daily News | Missing traffic stop data from Pa. State Police undercut 2021 analysis for racial disparities
, but in a report published this month, they said they found discrepancies that raised “serious concerns regarding the validity of the 2021 data,” and rendered any substantive analysis “not possible.”
Throughout 2021, State Police added to and updated the form to capture additional information and to reduce the chance of error. While auditing the data, the researchers compared the number of completed forms to the number of recorded traffic stops to determine if any were missing. They found hundreds.
Without information on those stops, the researchers said they cannot make any conclusions about racial disparities. Engel said she expected data collection issues the first year of the renewed program, but found that State Police were receptive and made the fixes necessary to correct the issue.The department released two additional reports this month summarizing data collected in 2022, but will not conduct any analysis until the end of the year. The researchers will provide an annual report detailing any findings, including whether the data show any racial disparities, on March 31, 2023.
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