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In 2021 there was a renewed focus on enforcing overnight parking which reduces the

amount of minor side swipe hit and run accidents that are only discovered the next

morning, well after the fact. Issuing of an overnight parking violation was not counted

as a contact / Traffic Stop.

Analyzing Racial Profiling Status Reports

Even though all traffic stops are looked at daily and compared to the Racial Profile

Data completed, sometimes the racial profile information is missed. When this

happens, Officers are notified and asked to complete the missing info. For 2022 the

Cranston Police Department is 100% compliant.

In 2022 the Cranston Police had 23,329 traffic stops and 17 traffic stops with

documented searches where reports were taken. Sometimes the racial profile statistics

collected in the IMC (Stats below), are collected from accidents reports, arrest reports

as well as traffic stops. This is the explanation as to why there may be a variation in

the numbers.

See below for racial profiling information from 2020.

Race Stop Totals

2019 Totals 2020 Totals 2022 Totals
Race 2021 Totals

Black/African 4158 14.4% 2587 13.3% 3365 13.6% 3148 13.4%
American
16488 57.2% 11452 58.7%
White 14256 57.6% 12882 54.9%
Native American 76 <1% 58 <1% 37 <1% 42 <1%
Asian/Pacific
Island/East 1024 3.5% 612 3.5% 812 3.3% 796 3.4%
Indian
Black Hispanic 1481 5.1% 989 5.1% 1377 5.6% 1353 5.8%
White Hispanic 5620 19.5% 3826 19.6% 4916 19.9% 5228 22.3%
Total 28847 100% 19524 100% 24763 100% 23449 100%

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2022