This assessment analyzes vehicle stop data from January 16, 2018 to December 26, 2020 and calls for service and officer activity data from 2018 – 2020. Data on use of force incidents and pedestrian stops were provided by CPD. However, racial disparities in use of force and pedestrian stops could not be reliably assessed because there were fewer than 10 incidents and stops recorded for Black, Latinx and Native people during the assessment period, which is below CPE’s minimum sample size requirements for performing complex statistical methods.
Clinton, CT 2022
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
This assessment analyzes policing data, along with demographic and crime data, to identify which policing practices have patterns of racial disparities, and what factors may be contributing to those disparities.
Clinton Police Department (CPD) joined CPE’s National Justice Database project in July 2020. CPD shared data with CPE in order to receive analyses intended to support community and law enforcement collaboration on data-informed efforts to enhance equity in public safety.
Some key findings from the assessment are displayed below. These findings are described and explained in detail in the tabbed sections found at the top of this page. When viewing specific findings in each tab, readers can click the captions to filter results and scroll through supporting analyses to learn how we arrived at a finding.
DEPARTMENTAL CONTEXT
The population of Clinton, Connecticut is 88% White, 9.3% Latinx, 1.1% Multiple Racial Groups, 1% Asian, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Black, and less than 0.05% Native. The total population of Clinton, Connecticut is 12,976.
RESIDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
VEHICLE STOPS
The total number of vehicle stops recorded each year varied from a high of 1,970 in 2019 to a low of 809 in 2020.
VEHICLE STOPS PER YEAR
Once stopped, Black drivers were searched 2.6 times as often as White drivers.
SEARCH RATES AT VEHICLE STOPS
Once stopped, Latinx drivers were searched 2.1 times as often as White drivers.
SEARCH RATES AT VEHICLE STOPS
Latinx drivers who were searched possessed contraband such as weapons, drugs, or stolen goods less frequently than White drivers.
CONTRABAND FOUND AND NOT FOUND IN VEHICLE STOP SEARCHES
Black drivers who were searched were roughly equally as likely as White drivers to possess contraband such as weapons, drugs, or stolen goods.
CONTRABAND FOUND AND NOT FOUND IN VEHICLE STOP SEARCHES
35% of stops of Black drivers were recorded as Equipment / License / Registration Stops, compared to 19% of stops of White drivers.
PROPORTION OF VEHICLE STOPS OF EACH RACIAL GROUP THAT ARE MADE FOR EACH STOP REASON
26% of stops of Latinx drivers were recorded as Equipment / License / Registration Stops, compared to 19% of stops of White drivers.
PROPORTION OF VEHICLE STOPS OF EACH RACIAL GROUP THAT ARE MADE FOR EACH STOP REASON
76% of stops of White drivers were recorded as Moving Violations, compared to 56% of stops of Black drivers.
PROPORTION OF VEHICLE STOPS OF EACH RACIAL GROUP THAT ARE MADE FOR EACH STOP REASON
Once stopped, Black drivers were arrested 2.3 times as often as White drivers. They were also released with a warning or no action taken 12 percentage points less often than White drivers who were stopped. Once stopped, Latinx drivers were arrested 1.7 times as often as White drivers. They were also released with a warning or no action taken 14 percentage points less often than White drivers who were stopped.
PROPORTION OF VEHICLE STOPS OF EACH RACIAL GROUP THAT ENDED IN EACH OUTCOME
CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OFFICER ACTIVITY
Police recorded 38,302 total events in 2018 - 2020, including Officer-Initiated Activities and police responses to Calls for Service. 5.3% of these events involved Bodily Harm, Property Harm, or Threats. All Other Events involved no report of Bodily Harm, Property Harm, or Threats.
PERCENTAGE OF CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OFFICER ACTIVITY BY EVENT TYPE
There were 242 recorded mental health events, which represent some incidents that may be better addressed using appropriate non-police responders or co-response models.
Officers engaged in 242 events that were recorded as involving individuals experiencing mental health crises.
Center for Policing Equity | Data provided by Clinton PD 2018 – 2020
NEXT STEPS
Measure and monitor
Collecting and analyzing data can help you shed light on current problems and measure future progress.
Investigate to learn more
Learn as much as possible about the situations when a disparity occurs or is most severe, in order to understand how to address it.
Identify risk factors and develop targeted interventions
You can then address risk factors by improving written policies and partnering with the community to develop targeted interventions.
Share results
Visit the Justice Navigator homepage to learn more about how to share results and take action.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Funding for this platform was provided by Google.org, Players Coalition, Joyce Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Lyda Hill Philanthropies. Funding for development of the National Justice Database infrastructure and the original analytic plan upon which these analyses are based was provided by the National Science Foundation, under awards led by Principal Investigators Phillip Atiba Goff, Jack Glaser, Amanda Geller, Steven Raphael, and Amelia Haviland.
Suggested citation: Center for Policing Equity (2022). Clinton Police Department. Justice Navigator, justicenavigator.org.
