According to a recent analysis of the latest census data, more than 80 percent of Bay Area police forces have a disproportionate number of white officers relative to the racial make-up of the communities they serve. As the nation’s attention focuses on issues of police and race in the wake of events in Ferguson, Missouri, we look at how the racial composition of our local police forces affects arrests and public trust in the criminal justice system.
White Officers Predominate on Bay Area Police Forces
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Guests:
LaDoris Cordell, independent police auditor for the City of San Jose and former Santa Clara County Superior Court judge
Diane Urban, chief of the Hayward Police Dept.
Justin McCrary, professor of law at UC Berkeley, director of the D Lab, Berkeley's big data initiative, and co-director of the crime working group of the National Bureau of Economic Research
Allwyn Brown, deputy chief of the City of Richmond Police Department
Jessica Nowaski, captain in the Mountain View Police Department
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