A new analysis of traffic stop data showed "troubling disparities" in how Latino drivers are treated on Suffolk roads, according to a Manhattan civil rights organization that has accused the county’s police department of bias in the past.

The report, released by LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Milbank LLP, a law firm that sued the county on behalf of the organization, said Latinos accounted for 29% of the department’s 158,000 traffic stops in 2024 but make up just 22% of Suffolk’s population.

The report said Latinos are more likely to receive a summons, rather than a warning, when stopped for the same reasons as white drivers. Latino drivers were more often ordered out of their vehicles without clear justification.

Police were also more likely to conduct searches of Latinos without finding con

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