The Department of Justice investigated the allegations that hundreds of Connecticut state police may have submitted false data on thousands of traffic violations to a racial profiling board, information that made it appear Connecticut state police were pulling over more white American drivers than they were, the prosecutor said.
The investigation against the Connecticut State Police will be thorough
The Chief State Attorney said that the DOJ asked his office to suspend the investigation against the Connecticut State Police. Governor Lamont ordered the DOJ to do the investigation.
The DOJ has the tools and resources necessary to conduct this investigation against the Connecticut State Police.
The Justice Department inquiry, an independent investigation against the Connecticut State Police by Government Lamont, is led by former Connecticut Attorney Deirdre Daly, who now works in a private law office.
Any law enforcement is welcome to do an investigation against the Connecticut State Police to get to the bottom of this case
The alleged false data was sent to a police traffic stops database, which the analysts use to make reports on the race and ethnicity of drivers stopped by all Connecticut state police under a 1999 law aimed at avoiding racial profiling.
The reports have shown that Connecticut state police have been pulling over Black and Hispanic drivers at uneven rates.
State lawmakers also have been looking into the questioned data submitted by the Connecticut state police. The Connecticut state police received a subpoena from the allegedly misled traffic stop data case.
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