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Advisory board and state police say NextGen rollout makes HB 6853 statutory mandate unnecessary
Summary
Witnesses told the committee that the profiling advisory board and police data vendors are already adding a 'technology' field to traffic-stop reports so HB 6853’s statutory change may duplicate administrative progress; training and manuals are being deployed to improve data quality.
Advocates and state officials told the Public Safety Committee that much of the data collection HB 6853 would require is already being added to police records through administrative updates and vendor work.
Ken Barone, representing the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board, said the board unanimously voted to require a checkbox that indicates…
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