County police in recent years have pulled over African American and Hispanic drivers at a much higher rate than whites.
But experts and department officials say the statistics β released this week after a Public Information Act request by The Capital β do not necessarily mean Anne Arundel officers are racially profiling drivers.
βI canβt theorize on why more blacks and Hispanics are being stopped, I can just say that there are many variables that affect the statistical outcomes,β said Lt. David Waltemeyer, a county police spokesman.
He stressed that Chief James Teare Sr. and the rest of the command staff do not...
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