Tag: Vehicle and Traffic Enforcement

PSP Traffic Stop Data Analysis Reflects Impartial, Evidence-Based Policing | State Police | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA – As part of the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to transparency and fair policing, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) today announced the release of an independent analysis of data collected from all trooper-initiated traffic stops conducted in 2025. The report was conducted by a research team based at the University of Cincinnati and led by Dr. Robin Engel, Senior Research Scientist at The Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs and one of the nation’s leading policing researchers. The report represents the latest findings from PSP’s traffic stop data collection initiative, which is designed to strengthen public trust, enhance trooper and motorist safety, and inform policy and training.
— Read on www.pa.gov/agencies/psp/newsroom/psp-traffic-stop-data-analysis-reflects-impartial–evidence-base

Get a .PDF of the report HERE

Traffic Tickets Issued in New York State

Traffic Tickets Issued: Four Year Window

Data extracted from records of tickets on file with NYS DMV. The tickets were issued to motorists for violations of: NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law (VTL), Thruway Rules and Regulations, Tax Law, Transportation Law, Parks and Recreation Regulations, Local New York City Traffic Ordinances, and NYS Penal Law pertaining to the involvement of a motor vehicle in acts of assault, homicide, manslaughter and criminal negligence resulting in injury or death.

Read more HERE

This is the direct link to the data HERE

Safe Roads for All – Evidence-Based Strategies for Keeping Our Roadways Safe

Each year, more than 40,000 people are killed and more than 2 million injured in preventable car crashes. Despite a growing body of evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of common-sense infrastructural and road design measures, traffic safety strategies in this country have largely focused instead on individual enforcement through high-volume police stops and ticketing. The report finds that this approach fails to prevent injuries and deaths from car crashes and in fact puts people at risk of harmful encounters with police. Ticketing practices that prioritize revenue generation over road safety also trap millions of people in inescapable cycles of fines, fees, and debt.  

See more here: https://www.aclu.org/documents/safe-roads-for-all

Get a .PDF of the report HERE

Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective | American Civil Liberties Union

Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police.
— Read on www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/why-police-traffic-stops-are-dangerous-and-ineffective

Hennepin County Attorney’s Office introduces new strategy, comment period on prosecutions stemming from non-public safety traffic stops | Hennepin County

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office unveiled a new strategy on its prosecutions of cases emanating from a non-public safety traffic stop, also known as a “pretext” stop.

Read the entire Non-Public Safety Traffic Stop Policy here.

The Non-Public Safety Traffic Stop Policy is scheduled to be implemented on October 15, 2025, after a period to allow feedback from system and community partners
— Read on www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2025/september/nps-traffic-stop-policy

Hennepin County chiefs, sheriff speak out against new policy on low-level traffic stops – KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News

Law enforcement heads are speaking out in opposition to a new policy from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to not prosecute felonies that arise from low-level traffic stops.
— Read on kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/law-enforcement-speak-out-on-new-hennepin-county-policy-on-low-level-traffic-stops/