Joshua HollandCT state troopers entered up to 60K fake tickets, issued to imaginary white people, to game a database designed to ferret out racial profiling. (And didn't enter real tickets issued to Black people.) One in 4 troopers were doing it. And it seems like nobody is being punished for this crime.
OhioCheryl@JoshuaHolland So was everyone (data, auditors, judges) complicit? If there were "tickets" issued, were there no fines or court appearances associated?
If there were tickets issued but not recorded, how were fines collected? Did the cops get it in cash?
Do they have no auditors in CT? I don't even get how this would work on a practical level.
Aaron@CRSG @JoshuaHolland The article says there were 2 different databases. One for the judicial system, and one to track racial profiling. Because how else would you do it if you wanted to make sure they could keep getting away with it?
Full Metal Accountant@hosford42 @CRSG @JoshuaHolland
It just seems like a very simple thing to cross reference one database to the other just by using total tickets entered in each. If there's a discrepancy, get totals by officer to find out who's not entering tickets/ticket info.
Like it could be easily done every week/month. They're not doing the minimum to ensure that.
It just seems like a very simple thing to cross reference one database to the other just by using total tickets entered in each. If there's a discrepancy, get totals by officer to find out who's not entering tickets/ticket info.
Like it could be easily done every week/month. They're not doing the minimum to ensure that.