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SFPD presentation: traffic-stop data show disparities in consent searches; commission orders deeper analysis
Summary
SFPD presented three years of traffic-stop data showing about 317,000 stops (2013–2015) and a small share of searches; commissioners and public pressed the department after officials said consent searches (≈1,779) disproportionately involved Black drivers (reported 919 cases). The commission requested follow-up analysis and regular reporting.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Police Department analysts on April 20 told the Police Commission that traffic-stop data collected from 2013 through 2015 total about 317,000 stops and that only a small percentage led to searches, but the distribution of consent searches raised concern among commissioners and community members.
"It's from 2013 to 2015. It's a total of 317,000 over 317,000 stops for that those years," Lieutenant Aaron Perra said as he opened a department presentation on the dataset and the limitations of the current E-585 reporting system. Perra said the department is moving to an e-citation program that will add searchable fields (ZIP code, stop type) and improve the quality of future reporting.
Captain Jack Hart, principal policing bureau, described how the small set of searches breaks…
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