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

A recent report by the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project found that the Monroe Police Department conducted 4,319 traffic stops from Oct. 1, 2013 through Sept. 30, 2014.

The reasons a Monroe police officer is likely to pull you over include: 34.2 percent; speeding infractions; 15.9 percent; cell phone offenses, 8.7 percent; defective lights, 2.5 percent; display of plates, 0.1 percent; equipment violation, 8.5 percent; moving violation, 8 percent; registration offense, 3.6 percent; seatbelts, 9.2 percent; stop signs, 1.6 percent; suspended license, 2.5 percent; failure to obey traffic control signals, 1.1 percent; window tint and 4.1 percent; other.

There is a good chance you will be given a written warning rather than a ticket in Monroe.

According to the report, among the 4,319 stops, officers gave a ticket 24.15 percent of the time, a written warning 52.3 percent of the time and a verbal warning 18.62 percent of the time.

Of Monroe’s total traffic stops 5.74 percent are for Black drivers and 83.06 percent of those stops involve non-residents, according to the report. Hispanics account for 5.86 percent of Monroe’s traffic stops and 81.42 percent of those involve non-residents, the report states.

Overall, 1,542 resident stops were made in Monroe with 6.74 percent of these stops accounting for minority residents. Monroe’s minority population comprises 7.56 percent of its total population that is of legal driving age.

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