What we learned by analyzing 42 million Illinois traffic stop records
One of the more polarizing debates in America is whether police treat Black people fairly.
Investigations
Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois
For more than two decades, Illinois has required police to record details about every traffic stop throughout the state — including the race of the driver, the reason for the stop and the outcome. WBEZ, in partnership with the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, has compiled tens of millions of records and found that racial disparities are widening, police compliance is falling, and the state has done little to reverse the trend.
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Look up traffic stop data in Illinois by police department
Search for any of 1,000-plus law enforcement agencies and view nearly two decades of their traffic stop data
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Evergreen Park stops more Black drivers than almost anywhere else in Illinois
Since 2004, only Chicago Police and Illinois State Police have stopped more Black drivers than southwest suburban Evergreen Park, data show.
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Black drivers ‘stay ready,’ navigating low-level traffic stops
When police pull over Black drivers in Illinois, it’s mostly for non-moving violations
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Illinois traffic stops of Black drivers reach record highs
State law and oversight board fall short of goals to collect law enforcement data and to reduce racial disparities in police traffic stops
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