Officers Are Biased in When They Stop People For Reasons Not Related to Public Safety

Catalyst California’s calculations based on City of Fresno’s Police Stop Data (2022), catalystcalifornia.org, 2024. Analysis covers all officer-initiated traffic stops in 2022. Groups with <5 stops (NHPI, AIAN) were excluded from the chart. Race/ethnicity: SWANA/SA=Southwest Asian (Middle Eastern)/North African/South Asian.