New website tracks traffic stops in Virginia Joe Dashiell © Provided by Roanoke-Lynchburg WDBJ-TV A new online portal allows Virginians to view data on traffic stops in the state.
RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia’s recent criminal justice reforms include a closer look at police traffic stops.
And now, there’s a tool to help Virginians understand what’s happening in their communities.
The Virginia Community Policing Act was passed in 2020, and expanded in 2021.
With each traffic stop, state law requires the officer to collect, and the law enforcement agency to report, several pieces of information, including: the race, ethnicity and gender of the person who was stopped, the reason for the traffic stop and whether or not the officer, or the citizen, used physical force.
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