Bridgeport Risks Loss Of State Grants Over Traffic Reports

BRIDGEPORT, CT — The city risks losing state grants after the police department fell behind on submitting traffic stop data to the state.

Nearly all departments in the state submit the data electronically, but Bridgeport keeps paper records, according to the Connecticut Post.

An audit found a large discrepancy in data between submitted traffic stop reports and police dispatch records.

Data is submitted to the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, which analyzes data on traffic stops to see if there is a discrepancy in the number of minority drivers pulled over.

Read the full Post report here.

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