MrRant
Rolling StoneA single state trooper logged 1,350 fraudulent traffic tickets into a Connecticut database meant to detect racial profiling. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/connecticut-police-trooper-1000-fake-tickets-1234789116/
The finding is key to a damning new audit of the Connecticut State Police, which reveals pervasive trooper malfeasance, including at least 26,000 false tickets logged over seven years, that masked racial bias in the force’s policing. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/connecticut-police-trooper-1000-fake-tickets-1234789116/
Now, the CSP refuses to discuss the audit — or even reveal if the most-prolific ticket faker still has a badge. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/connecticut-police-trooper-1000-fake-tickets-1234789116/
2xfo@RollingStone
I "like" that they call the investigation "independent" and then let the department investigate itself.
I fully expect this is a supervisor
birdpoofI fully expect the supervisor told everyone to do it and rewarded the worst offender.
Zumbador"These fake tickets undermined the integrity of the system. The faux records were disproportionately listed as having been issued to white drivers, over-representing that group's share of stops. And this wasn't the only illicit practice skewing the data. The audit also revealed that more than 500 CSP troopers failed to log 16,000 actual traffic tickets into the racial profiling system. These unreported tickets disproportionately were issued to drivers of color. The failure to record these stops in the racial profiling database, auditors describe, was a violation of state law. "
BlueDot🇺🇦If I, as a civilian, reached into the state police database and entered 26,000 false records, I wouldn't expect to ever see the outside of a jail cell.
Flaming Cheeto@RollingStone another myth blown to hell, "Cops hate paperwork"
JoelleThis is what racism looks like. I suspect their are tens of thousands of Black men locked up for "attempt to influence a public servant" but we can't even hear the name of the cop doing the same thing.
Richie Enameller@RollingStone @leeolds fire every god damn one of them.
Tito Ciuro@RollingStone @NewsDesk It’s rare when they don’t protect each other. This lack of transparency and accountability shows that unfortunately, this is par for the course. And I don’t think it’s about a few rotten apples as some people describe the situation. After all these years, it feels like the basket stinks and only a few of them can be salvaged. Integrity is not exactly the word that comes to mind when I think about the police. They’re the ones to blame about all of this.
one2seven@RollingStone this is what a Connecticunt looks like