BLACK AND LATINO DRIVERS ARE BEING PULLED OVER AT HIGHER RATES BY CHICAGO POLICE.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT RELEASED TODAY BY THE NONPROFIT ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION IMPACT FOR EQUITY THAT HAS HELPED LEAD LEAD THE PUSH TO REFORM CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

REPORTER HEATHER JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST.

HEATHER, LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

TELL US HOW MANY TRAFFIC STOPS TO CALL POLICE OFFICERS MADE IN 2023.

AND WHY SO IN CHICAGO POLICE MADE MORE THAN 530,000 TRAFFIC STOPS.

AND THEN THAT'S 5% MORE IN 2022.

>> AND 40% MORE THAN IN 2021, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE STOPS, NEARLY 80% WERE CAUSED BY NOT MOVING VIOLATIONS.

SO SOMEBODY HAD A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT OR AN EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE REGISTRATION IN ONLY 2.2% OF THOSE STOPS.

DID POLICE MAKE AN ARREST?

AND IN LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF THOSE STOPS, DID THEY RECOVER A GUN LEADING TO THIS REPORT'S CONCLUSION THAT THE STOPS ARE MAKING CHICAGOANS ANY SAFETY IN THIS REPORT?

SURE, THAT SHOWED THAT MORE THAN 80% OF DRIVERS STOPPED BY CHICAGO POLICE IN 2023 WERE BLACK OR LATINO.

IS THAT EVIDENCE THAT OFFICERS ARE STOPPING CHICAGOANS BECAUSE OF THE RACE?

SO IMPACT FOR EQUITY SAYS THEY ARE CONVINCED THAT THERE'S NO OTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OTHER THAN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FOR THIS TO BE SO OUT OF WHACK WITH CHICAGO'S POPULATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ONE 3RD BLACK, ONE, 3RD, LATINO AND ONE-THIRD WHITE JUST LESS THAN 14% OF ALL TRAFFIC STOPS IN CHICAGO.

PULL OVER WHITE DRIVERS.

AND THIS GROUP SAYS THE CHICAGO POLICE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS DISPARITY IMMEDIATELY.

AND THE LEADERS OF THE GROUP BEHIND THIS REPORT.

WE'RE HOPEFUL SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING WOULD CHANGE THE WAY CP D USES TRAFFIC STOPS, HAS HE?

SO THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT IS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS OF 2023, WHICH WAS UNDER LARRY SNELLING, LEADERSHIP.

CHICAGO POLICE MADE MORE THAN 119,000 TRAFFIC STOPS IN ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AND LATINO DRIVERS BEING PULLED OVER.

NOW, I REACHED OUT TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RESPOND TO THESE FIGURES.

I DIDN'T HEAR BACK AND THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF REPORTS LOOKING AT THE WAY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS STOP CHICAGOANS WHILE DRIVING AND ON FOOT.

WHAT'S NEXT AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO THE MOST?

WELL, IMPACT FOR EQUITY IS NOW ASKING THE CITY'S NEW POLICE OVERSIGHT PORT, THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO ESSENTIALLY CHANGE THE POLICY THAT GOVERNS WHEN CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO STOP CARS.

THEY WANT A BAN ON STOPS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP EVIDENCE OF OTHER CRIMES.

THEY ALSO WANT OFFICERS TO REQUIRE INDEPENDENT LEGAL STANDARD BEFORE ASKING TO SEARCH SOMEBODY IS CAR AND THEY ALSO WANT A BAN ON STOPS FOR SORT OF THREATENING ISSUES, SORT OF LIKE A LICENSE PLACE REGISTRATION ISSUE OR A BROKEN TAILLIGHT THAT DOESN'T POSE A HAZARD.

THE PRESIDENT OF BOARD ANTHONY DRIVER SAID TODAY HE WAS INTERESTED IN SORT OF DIGGING INTO THIS ISSUE AND GETTING THE POLICY RIGHT.

HE SAID THANK YOU HEADED FOR THE REPORT.

THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.

THINGS JOIN AND