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Wisconsin police may have to collect racial profiling data
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Edited | Ashley May 27, 2009 06:21pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 04:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MADISON, Wis. - Every police department in the state, not just those in the most populated counties, would have to track the race of people they pull over starting in 2011 under a new requirement approved by the Legislature's budget committee on Tuesday.
The Joint Finance Committee broadened the reporting requirement to all state and local police agencies statewide, instead of just in the 11 most populated counties as Gov. Jim Doyle originally proposed. Republicans objected, saying there wasn't a problem with racial profiling and that an order to collect the information would be a burden on police, especially smaller departments.
"This is not a problem in much of Wisconsin," said Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine.
Doyle wanted to collect the information to determine the pervasiveness of racial profiling. Wisconsin has struggled for years with a higher-than-average percentage of minorities in prison. A commission studying the issue reported last year that black people make up only 6 percent of Wisconsin's population, yet they comprise 43 percent of its prison population. |
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