Summary
"Recent research has generated questions regarding the Fayetteville Police Department’s (FPD) use of race
as a proxy for criminal behavior. A recent New York Times article highlighted the racial disproportionality
in traffic stops in both Greensboro and Fayetteville (LaFraniere & Lehren, 2015). Critically, these kinds of
analyses typically use census population estimates to establish a benchmark for the driving population.
Census estimates, however, demonstrate only where people reside and serve as a poor proxy for the
actual driving population. Therefore, census population cannot accurately measure the population at risk
(i.e., the driving population that is likely to be involved in a traffic stop). RTI International conducted a
series of analyses to address this methodological limitation. This research was funded internally by RTI to
serve the community and to contribute to a growing body of scientific research on this topic." -- Page 1.