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/
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.