Emerging Research and Practice in Effective and Equitable Traffic Enforcement in the United States

Saturday, October 14, 2023

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST

Location: Room: 6B

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Janice Iwama

Assistant Professor
American University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Speaker(s)

Jack McDevitt, PhD

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jason Bruder

Captain
Charleston Police Department, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Jason Schiess

Analytical Services Manager
Durham Police Department, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina, United States
William Walsh

Lieutenant
Voorhees Police Department, New Jersey
Voorhees, New Jersey, United States
James Williams

Lieutenant
Metro Nashville Police Department, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennenesee, United States

Over the last two decades, at least 23 U.S. states have passed legislation requiring law enforcement agencies to collect data on all routine traffic stops due to a growing demand for transparency. Stop data collection is an important tool for law enforcement agencies to examine, for example, whether there is any evidence of racial profiling, officer productivity, and the effects of changes to policies and practices. Nevertheless, collecting and analyzing stop data has presented challenges for practitioners and researchers and this panel provides insight on some of these challenges and recommendations for others to consider.