Further federal probes into false Connecticut traffic stop data likely, public safety chief says
Connecticut’s public safety commissioner says state lawmakers should expect a federal investigation into a recent audit's findings showing hundreds of state troopers provided false information from 2014 to 2021 on at least 26,000 traffic stops
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's public safety commissioner on Wednesday told state lawmakers to expect a federal investigation into a recent audit's findings that showed hundreds of state troopers submitted false information from 2014 to 2021 on at least 26,000 traffic stops — information ultimately reported to a racial profiling board.
State legislators from two committees called the legislative informational meeting after data analysts with the University of Connecticut said the traffic stop reports resulted in too many drivers being identified as white.
The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, which oversees the Connecticut State Police, is already complying with a subpoena related to the traffic stop matter issued by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation, department head James Rovella confirmed. The DOT intends to determine whether the false data was used to secure federal money, he said.
“I don’t think that’s it, ladies and gentlemen,” Rovella told lawmakers. “I think there’s more to come from our federal agencies, at least the Department of Justice on this one.”
On Monday, Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont ordered an independent investigation to «learn how it happened, why it happened, and how to prevent it from ever happening again.”
Ken Barone, associate director of UConn's Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy and project manager of the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, said the group did not assess the
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