Yale: Greater Transparency Brought Change to Police Departments--And Then a Reversal
September 04, 2026
September 04, 2026
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 4 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Greater Transparency Brought Change to Police Departments--And Then a Reversal
Departments that agreed to publish their traffic-stop data reduced stops in Black neighborhoods in the short term. But within months, a study co-authored by Yale SOM's Minjae Kim finds, they were stopping more drivers in those neighborhoods than before.
Written by Dylan Walsh
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Greater Transparency Brought Change to Police Departments--And Then a Reversal
Departments that agreed to publish their traffic-stop data reduced stops in Black neighborhoods in the short term. But within months, a study co-authored by Yale SOM's Minjae Kim finds, they were stopping more drivers in those neighborhoods than before.
Written by Dylan Walsh
