The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is for the first time collecting data on verbal warnings made during traffic stops.
The change comes after years of urging by faith-based social justice coalition PEACE and is advised by a nationally recognized expert on bias in policing.
Boston-based Northeastern University professor Jack McDevitt told the more than 1,200 people gathered last month at the annual PEACE meeting in Jupiter that the verbal warning information provided by Sheriff Ric Bradshaw is a solid data set to start…