Stops have fallen by 80% and people are wondering "why?"
Here's why:
A detailed, two-page report on each stop, while it sounds good in theory, is necessarily going to reduce stops. If nothing else, it's damned hard to make a stop while you're writing a report.
Here's why:
Quote:The Chicago PD is under investigation by the Justice Department. And after a threat by the American Civil Liberties Union to sue the department for racial profiling, cops have been ordered to be more selective about who they stop and are required to write a detailed, two-page report on each one.
A detailed, two-page report on each stop, while it sounds good in theory, is necessarily going to reduce stops. If nothing else, it's damned hard to make a stop while you're writing a report.
