Request Submitted To: New Bedford Police Department
Category: Law Enforcement
Year Filed: 2015
Background
In 2015, we filed a public records request with the New Bedford Police Department (NBPD) to seek “Field Interview & Observation” (FIO) reports completed by the NBPD between 2012 & 2014.
A high-level analysis shows:
- While Black people were estimated to comprise 7.4 percent of the 2013 5-year population of New Bedford, they made up 56.6 percent of stop subjects. This is a 49.2 percent disparity between the observed stop rate and expected stop rate based on race data.
- While white people were estimated to comprise 75.8 percent of the 2012 population of New Bedford, they made up 40.5 percent of stop subjects. This is a 35.3 percent disparity between the observed stop rate and expected stop rate based off of race data.
- While Hispanic people were estimated to comprise 17.5 percent of the 2013 population of New Bedford, they made up 26.1 percent of stop subjects. This is a 8.6 percent disparity between the observed stop rate and expected stop rate based on race data.
- While Non-Hispanic individuals were estimated to comprise 82.5 percent of the 2012 population of New Bedford, they made up 71.7 percent of stop subjects. This is a 10.8 percent disparity between the observed stop rate and expected stop rate based off of race data.
Policies
- NBPD Policies 512-514 use of force & weapons
- NBPD General Order re Use of Less Lethal Force
- NBPD General Order re Use of Deadly Force
- NBPD General Order re FIO Report
- NBPD Gen Order #14-06 custodial procs
- NBPD Gen Order #3-20 antidiscrim harassment
- NBPD DDirective re High Energy Patrol Initiative
- NBPD Directive – Operation S.T.A.N.D.
- NBPD Directive – High Energy Patrol Initiative
- Certification Handbook
- ACLU follow up about 7/1/15 request
- NBPD Response with documents