New Jersey Launches State Police Traffic Stop Dashboard

NEW JERSEY — This week, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced his office is launching a first-ever New Jersey State Police Traffic Stop Dashboard, available here: njoag.gov/trafficstops

The dashboard will enable the public to view detailed information on more than six million traffic stops conducted by the NJ State Police over a period of more than 10 years, from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2020.

Developed in partnership with statistical software company SAS, the Dashboard provides one of the most comprehensive statewide databases in the country for traffic stop information. The data is organized by a variety of metrics, including driver race.

By law, the Attorney General’s Office is required to periodically publish aggregate data of New Jersey State Police motor vehicle stops. After collecting traffic stop data for over a decade and publishing written reports, the Attorney General’s Office has now created the Dashboard to present this extensive data in a variety of visual and interactive displays.

The Dashboard includes graphical representations that illustrate trends over time about the reasons a state trooper stopped a motor vehicle, and the actions, if any, the trooper took after the motor vehicle stop with respect to the driver and any other occupants, including:

• Summonses issued
• Warnings issued
• Arrests
• Consent searches conducted
• Probable cause searches conducted
• Uses of force
• Vehicle exits
• Frisks
• Canine deployments

The Dashboard continues to be a work in progress, and the Attorney General’s Office encourages users to complete a short survey at this link to offer feedback on the site: Traffic Stop Dashboard Feedback.

“The New Jersey State Police Traffic Stop Dashboard is another powerful tool to promote transparency and accountability in policing in New Jersey,” said Attorney General Grewal Thursday. “It presents more than a decade of data in a format that will facilitate analysis and encourage public dialogue about this critical area of policing."

Colonel Patrick Callahan, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, said the following regarding the launch of the Dashboard:

“The New Jersey State Police is committed to providing professional and compassionate service to the public in partnership with our communities, and we are committed to promoting transparency and accountability. We hold New Jersey State Troopers to the highest standards, which is why we have implemented multiple layers of oversight over the last two decades to identify potentially deficient patrol practices or behaviors before they become a problem."

"The Dashboard will be a window through which the public can view the data that we utilize to enhance and improve our training for both enlisted members and for recruits in training, and we welcome the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue about how we conduct traffic stops," said the State Police superintendent.

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