Report Lists Top Reasons Why Middletown Police Officers Pull Your Vehicle Over

A recent report by the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project found that Middletown conducted 3,700 traffic stops from Oct. 1, 2013, through Sept. 30, 2014.

Middletown: Basis for Stops

• Total Stops: 3,700
• Speed-Related: 10.9%
• Cell phone: 4.1%
• Defective lights: 17.8%
• Display of plates: 6.5%
• Equipment violation: 0.6%
• Moving violation: 7.8%
• Registration: 6.2%
• Seatbelt: 15.6%
• Stop sign: 11.8%
• Suspended license: 2.2%
• Traffic control signal: 8.2%
• Window tint: 0.9%
• Other: 7.4%

Highest Searches Rates across All Departments

• Middletown
• Total Stops: 3,700
• Stops Resulting in Search: 8.1%

“Forty-five departments exceeded the statewide average for searches, but the largest disparity was found in Waterbury (28.8%), Bridgeport (11.1%), and Milford (9.7%),” according to the report.

Statewide Average Comparisons for Black Drivers

• Department Name: Middletown
• Black Stops: 19.4%
• Difference Between Town and State Average: 5.64%
• Black Residents Age 16+: 11.68%
• Difference Between Town and State Average: 2.56%
• Difference Between Net Differences: 3.08%
• Non-Resident Black Stops: 40.11%

Statewide Average Comparisons for Hispanic Drivers

• Department Name: Middletown
• Hispanic Stops: 8.24%
• Difference Between Town and State Average: -3.46%
• Hispanic Residents Age 16+: 6.77%
• Difference Between Town and State Average: -5.13%
• Difference Between Net Differences: 1.68%
• Non-Resident Hispanic Stops: 53.44%

Statewide Average Comparisons for Minority Drivers

• Department Name: Middletown
• Minority Stops: 28.84%
• Difference Between Town and State Average: 1.94%
• Minority Residents Age 16+: 23.49%
• Difference Between Town and State Average: -1.71%
• Difference Between Net Differences: 3.65%
• Non-Resident Minority Stops: 44.42%

Ratio of Minority Resident Population to Minority Resident Stops

• Department Name: Middletown
• Number of Residents: 38,747
• Minority Residents: 23.49%
• Resident Stops: 1,721
• Minority Resident Stops: 34.46%
• Difference: 10.97%

Ratio of Black Resident Population to Black Resident Stops

• Department Name: Middletown
• Number of Residents: 38,747
• Black Residents: 11.68%
• Resident Stops: 1,721
• Black Resident Stops: 24.64%
• Difference: 12.96%

Ratio of Hispanic Resident Population to Hispanic Resident Stops

• Department Name: Middletown
• Number of Residents: 38,747
• Hispanic Residents: 6.77%
• Hispanic Stops: 1,721
• Hispanic Resident Stops: 8.25%
• Difference: 1.48%

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