DETROIT NEWS | MSU study finds racial disparities in state police traffic stops

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The Michigan State Police director said he will outfit 1,600 troopers with body-worn cameras as part of a five-point plan to address racial disparities in traffic stops identified in a year-long study released Wednesday.

The study, "Michigan State Police Traffic Stop External Benchmarking," was conducted by Michigan State University and commissioned by state police Col. Joseph Gasper in September 2020 after internal MSP data showed a potential disparity in the ethnicity of citizens who were stopped for traffic violations.