Probation/Parole search rate challenged

One of the many cities under federal mandate regarding their police force, Oakland, CA, is dealing with strategies being implemented by a federal monitor.  The monitor is challenging the contact and search rate of probationer and parolees being minority dominant.  Specifically, that African Americans consist of 80% of those stopped.  He, or the media, seem to downplay that 31% violation rate from the contacts.  So one in three are arrested for contraband, violation or new criminal conduct.  That seems to me to be a pretty good reason to keep searching...


http://www.contracostatimes.com/crime-courts/ci_28617089/oakland-federal-police-monitor-recommends-redefining-risk-department



P. O. Doe


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