The Fayetteville Observer analyzed data that included hundreds of thousands of traffic stops and searches for a series of stories focusing on a controversy that caused an uproar in the community a decade ago. The “driving while Black” issue, which deals with a racial disparity among the drivers who are stopped and searched by officers, has gotten attention again. Some in the community noticed that statistics that had improved have gotten worse in recent years. Here are five things you need to know about the issue: Police patrol neighborhoods based on crime data, resident complaints Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins, who has been on the job about 3 1/2 years, says her officers have one directive: “Go do your job.”