Lakewood CA, 2024

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

This assessment analyzes policing data, along with demographic and crime data, to identify which policing practices show patterns of racial disparities, and what factors may be contributing to those disparities.

The vast majority of law enforcement agencies in the United States do not choose to share their policing data publicly or receive independent analyses of these data. Justice Navigator Assessments examine data from law enforcement agencies that voluntarily partnered with CPE to receive standardized analyses that put policing data to work and serve as a starting point for addressing the kinds of racial disparities that persist in policing across the country. Communities can’t improve their public safety systems without identifying opportunities to do so; CPE commends Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Lakewood Station for partnering with us to take this first step in addressing racial disparities in their policing.

 

LASD Lakewood Station joined CPE’s National Justice Database project in MONTH 20XX. LASD shared data with CPE in order to receive analyses intended to support community and law enforcement collaboration on data-informed efforts to advance equitable outcomes in policing and public safety. 

This assessment analyzes use of force, vehicle stop, pedestrian stop, and calls for service and officer-initiated activity data from 2019-2023. This assessment only includes resident demographic data from areas of Los Angeles County that are patrolled by Lakewood Station deputies.

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. 

USE OF FORCE

Explore Related Insights

Force Types by Racial Group [LINK TO ANALYSIS, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

Improve Use of Force Reporting Requirements

Improve Use of Force Policies

Visit the Use of Force section for more details [LINK TO UOF TAB, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

VEHICLE STOPS

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Search Outcomes at Vehicle Stops [LINK TO ANALYSIS, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

Investigate Stop Reasons

Explore More Effective Responses to Traffic Safety

Visit the Vehicle Stops section for full analysis [LINK TO VS TAB, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

PEDESTRIAN STOPS

Which pedestrians did officers stop and search?

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department  Lakewood Station data:

XX% of all pedestrians stopped between 20XX and 20XX were Black.

The population of JURISDICTION is XX% Black.

This racial disparity was not fully explained by neighborhood variations in crime rates, poverty, or share of Black residents. After accounting for these factors, LEA NAME officers stopped Black pedestrians X.X times as often as White pedestrians.

Explore Related Insights

Stop Outcomes By Race [LINK TO ANALYSIS, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

Investigate Stop Reasons

 Reinforce Policy via Organizational Culture

Visit the Pedestrian Stops section for full analysis [LINK TO PS TAB, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OFFICER ACTIVITY

Explore Related Insights

Calls for Service by Call Reason [LINK TO ANALYSIS, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

Investigate Non-Police Response Models

Redesigning Public Safety

Visit the Calls for Service and Officer Activity section for full analysis [LINK TO CAD TAB, THEN DELETE THIS TEXT]

NEXT STEPS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES

Our resources can help communities and law enforcement agencies assess solutions and take action to reduce racial disparities in policing and design more equitable public safety systems.

Improve use of force policies

Partner with community groups to consider more effective responses to traffic safety

Reinforce policy through changes to organizational culture

Investigate how non-police services can respond to Calls for Service

Visit the companion site for full guidance on how to take action

OUR METHODOLOGY

Visit the Justice Navigator homepage to learn more about the methodologies we use.

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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 (2024). CITY, ST. Justice Navigator, justicenavigator.org.

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