The report found there was a “high likelihood” at least 25,966 tickets were falsified between 20. "This report suggests a historical pattern and practice among some troopers and constables of submitting infraction records that were likely false or inaccurate," according to the 78-page audit released Wednesday by researchers on behalf of the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, a state-funded group that analyzes police citations to determine racial profiling trends. They said a formal investigation would need to determine that. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut MediaĪuditors cautioned their monthslong review – triggered by a Hearst Connecticut Media investigation that exposed how four troopers purposefully created fake tickets for their own personal gain – did not attempt to determine if the widespread problems were intentional. The Connecticut State Police Troop F headquarters building in Westbrook.
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The audit’s findings, presented at a virtual public meeting Wednesday, allege systemic violations of state law and that the misreporting skewed racial profiling data making it appear troopers ticketed more white drivers and fewer minority motorists than they really did. Because this is the kind of widespread issue that should have been caught early.” What the audit found “It really calls into question whether oversight systems in the Connecticut State Police are functioning, or present at all. “We think there needs to be swift accountability, not just for the officers who falsified the reports, but also for the State Police,” said ACLU CT executive director David McGuire. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut MediaĪdvocacy groups, including the Connecticut National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, called for people to be held responsible. Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, addresses the opening session of the Senate at the Capitol in January. “I would allow the investigation to look into this, and then, when we get those findings, figure out whether there needs to be a legislative response,” said Kelly, R-Stratford. Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly called the audit’s findings “disheartening” and agreed with Lamont’s decision to investigate it further but said lawmakers should let that probe play out before intervening. Patricia Billie Miller, D-Stamford, speaks at a press conference. She also called for police who intentionally fabricated to be held accountable. "This is something that we need to look at because they've circumvented the law,” said Miller, D-Stamford. Billie Miller said she wanted the legislature's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, which she chairs, to examine the matter.
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