Stanford Law School, Room 285

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More than 20 million Americans are stopped each year for traffic violations, making this one of the most common ways in which the public interacts with the police. But there is currently no comprehensive, national repository detailing these encounters. The Stanford Computational Policy Lab is working to change that – by gathering, analyzing, and releasing traffic stop records from dozens of state and local law enforcement agencies across the country as part of the Stanford Open Policing Project. The project has released detailed data on more than 100 million stops, with a goal to help researchers, journalists, and policymakers investigate and improve interactions between police and the public. Join us for a project update, including a detailed analysis of traffic stops in Nashville, commissioned by the Nashville Mayor’s Office.

Speaker:

Amy Shoemaker Data Scientist, Stanford Computational Policy Lab   Amy Shoemaker is a data scientist in the Stanford Computational Policy Lab, where she has worked on analyzing racial disparities in policing practices. As part of the Stanford Open Policing Project, she helped process and analyze over 100 million traffic stops across the US. She is passionate about using mathematical tools to understand, raise awareness about, and work to change systemic inequities. Amy received her B.S. in Pure Mathematics from Pomona College and her M.S. from Stanford University’s Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering. She loves good books (with tea) and the outdoors (with sunshine).