Appendix E4 Item Justification for LEA Data Abstraction

Appendix E4

Item Justification for LEA Data Abstraction

Number of sworn officers within agency: Collecting this information will help us understand an agency’s personnel capacity and provide context for agency size.

Breakdown of officers by rank: This information will help us understand the command structure of the agency.

Tracking or capability to track driver characteristics for traffic stops/citations: Many agencies are mandated to collect this information as a means of identifying potential instances of racial profiling. Research has suggested that this practice may have an effect on LEOs and their motivation to enforce traffic safety laws.

Number of DWI arrests by agency in 2015: This information will provide context for the community that is being policed and how often this type of arrest is made by a particular agency.

DWI repeat offenders by agency in 2015: Collecting this type of information is likely to be overly burdensome for LEAs. This would be a more complex analysis than a simple query and would require a significant amount of time and labor for the agency. This item should be considered for deletion.

Number of drugged-driving arrests by agency in 2015: This information will provide context for the community that is being policed and how often this type of arrest is made by a particular agency.

Number of vehicular fatalities investigated by your agency in 2015 which were alcohol / drug-related: Collecting this type of information is likely to be overly burdensome for LEAs. This would be a more complex analysis than a simple query and would require a significant amount of time and labor for the agency. This item should be considered for deletion.

Are any of the following technologies available for use at this agency AND if the following technologies are available for use at your agency, are they mandatory for officers to use: All of the technologies are either directly related to traffic safety enforcement or used to document citizen-LEO interaction (which would like occur during a traffic stop). This information could help inform our analyses related to motivation and attitudes related to LEOs and traffic safety enforcement.