Traffic Stop Resources
Statements
Recent coverage of Dexter Reed’s killing and the problem of pretextual traffic stops by the Chicago Police Department (CPD)
Know Your Rights (KYR) Materials
Below you will find analysis of public data showing that the CPD and statewide traffic stops target Black and Latino drivers and don’t improve public safety.
April 2024 Report by Impact for Equity and the Free 2 Move Coalition analyzing CPD traffic stop data for 2023 – finding persistent massive racial disparities and only a tiny percentage of stops resulted in contraband recovery
September to December 2023 – WBEZ and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity have published a series of articles on racial disparities in traffic stops (CPD and statewide) and the harms of this police practice. All of the articles can be found here.
September 2023: Black drivers ‘stay ready,’ navigating low-level traffic stops