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~Illinois Traffic Stops~
The Associated Press has spent the past few weeks pouring through data to develop an indepth analysis of nearly 2.5 million traffic stops made on Illinois roads last year. The result is a detailed look at who's being pulled over, where, when, why and the result of the stops, including the issues raised by the numbers. The tables are sorted into different categories and include short explainers that should tell you what the numbers are showing you. For example, if you want to know how often your police department pulls over black male drivers, you'd look at the "agency stops by driver race and sex" table, or you'd use the "agency stops by roadway and search" table if you want to know how often your local police department conducts searches on city streets compared to highways. A package of four AP stories and several accompanying glances will move for use Oct. 1-2. You can access the Website data now to begin working on local stories for use with the AP package, but we ask that you not move any stories using this AP-provided data until Oct. 1. You can contact AP Staff Writer Ryan Keith in the Springfield bureau at rkeith@ap.org and 217-789-2700 with any problems or questions. | |||||||
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