Steve Hughes is reporting for the Times Union an external audit focused on potential racial bias within the Albany Police Department has found that black residents are disproportionately arrested compared to other city residents. The audit also showed that black residents are more likely to be charged with resisting arrest, have force used against them and file civil rights complaints against the city. But the resulting report stopped short of blaming the disparities on bias within the department or among individual officers. The auditors noted that the way the department collects data, as well as its failure to collect information on individual police stops made it impossible to clearly determine the exact causes of the treatment disparities. Instead, it concluded the city should investigate further. The audit was conducted by CNA, a nonprofit research and analysis organization. It also examined issues around officer training, community policing and other internal operations. The audit was part of a larger city review of its police department and its policies, pursuant to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's June executive order mandating comprehensive reviews of individual departments statewide. Read the full story in the Times Union.