WNYT-Albany is reporting the Vermont State Police August 19, released its traffic-stop data from 2019. This is the fifth consecutive year the agency has published the raw data as part of its effort to maintain "a public conversation on how to address racial disparities in discretionary car stops," according to a press release. The report looked at more than 57,000 stops that occurred last year and showed strong evidence of racial bias among police officers. More than a third of the drivers who were stopped were ticketed. Within that group, 36 percent of the white drivers received tickets, while nearly 43 percent of black drivers, approximately 49 percent of Asian drivers and 45 percent of Hispanic drivers were ticketed. “These numbers show we still have work to do,” said the director of the Vermont State Police. Captain Gary Scott, the Director of Fair and Impartial Policing and Community Affairs for the Vermont State Police, said it is disconcerting and frustrating to see the data in light of the work they are doing. Kahlia Livingston, the president of the Board of Directors at the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington said she wants to see police reaching out to the black community “and understanding their experiences and how these things make them feel.” The Vermont State Police says it is expanding its staff dedicated to fighting biased policing. Read the full story at wnyt [dot] com.