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Jan 5 2021 8:09 am
  • RIPA

State board says police officers’ social media should be searched for evidence of bias

Don Thompson, Associated Press

The board recommended the change after data showed that people officers perceived as Black were more than twice as likely to be stopped as their percentage of the population would suggest.

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Oct 1 2020 4:31 pm
  • LBPD

Study finds LBPD disproportionately cites Black residents for jaywalking, other infractions

Kelly Puente

Black adults in Long Beach accounted for 36% of all citations for “Walking on Roadway,” or jaywalking, which was the city’s most common citation.

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Jul 7 2020 4:13 pm
  • Long Beach Police Department

Black riders disproportionately stopped for fare evasion on Long Beach public transit, data shows

Kelly Puente

Of the 855 Metro and bus riders who came into contact with Long Beach police in 2109 for failing to pay their tickets on public transportation, 62% were Black.

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Jun 30 2020 3:29 pm
  • Tim Grobaty

Discovering some strange people and places in the swampy corners of LBPD data

Tim Grobaty

One shady character, the police noted, was 120 years old, and if you saw a 120-year-old man driving down Seventh Street, no doubt with his left-turn blinker on for the last three miles, you’d pull him over too.

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Jun 29 2020 10:23 pm
  • Long Beach Police Department

Being Black means you’re more likely to be stopped, searched by Long Beach police, new data shows

Jeremiah Dobruck

Despite making up only about 13% of Long Beach’s population, Black motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists made up 24% of the LBPD’s traffic stops in 2019.

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Jun 29 2020 10:21 pm
  • 2019 RIPA report

How we reported the story: Landmark data release sheds new light on LBPD stops

Staff Reports

The Post newsroom staff has worked hundreds of hours interpreting the data, validating information with mathematicians and statisticians, interviewing elected leaders and policing experts, and confirming information with the LBPD.

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