police officers failed to document more than 200,000 traffic stops in 2024. this even as officials worked to craft new rules that would limit the ability of officers to make certain kinds of stops.

Our Heather Sharon joins us now with more.

Heather, good to see Let's get started with just the basics here.

How many traffic stops to the Chicago Police Department tell state officials that officers made in 2024.

So in all Chicago police officers made more than 294,000 traffic stops in 2024.

>> And those stops came across the city and represented a significant drop from 2023.

Almost 45%.

Now Superintendent Larry Snelling has said that he is re or into the department into making stops that focus on violent crime and that they say is evidence of that.

Now, city officials acknowledge to you that data is actually in completed what's happening?

What what happens when an officer pulls over a driver is that they radio in and say I made a traffic stop.

And here's my location.

They're supposed to do something else.

Once the traffic stop is finished, they have to fill out what's called a blue card and that paper form identifies the location of the stop.

And most importantly, the reason for the stop in the race of the driver.

But if officers don't fill out that form, there's nothing to report to state officials leading to a discrepancy between the number of traffic stops called in to police dispatchers and then reported to state officials.

I should mention that Bolt magazine Injustice Watch where the first to report about this discrepancy that CPD now acknowledges exists and a pretty significant one at that.

You know, police reform advocates say this apparent failure to properly document stops.

It is really troubling.

What did you hear Well, they told me that you cannot reform something that you can't measure because you might sort of suggest changes and new restrictions if you're making 300,000 traffic stops or if you're making a half million traffic stop and it's also a matter of trust.

If city tells the state we made X number of traffic stops turns out that it's actually X.

Plus, 200,000 that makes it hard for the public trust that CPD is doing what they say they're doing.

This week marks the one-year anniversary of decks to re being fatally shot by officers.

Since then, CPD has been working to craft new rules for traffic stops.

Where does that effort stand?

Very much in limbo.

It was nearly 10 months ago that superintendent Snelling said he agreed to include traffic stops under the consent decree.

federal court-ordered reforms.

>> But that agreement has yet to be finalized amid a push by another group led by impact for equity tube and police officers from making stops for equipment violations and non moving violations.

There's no concessions on that hot button issue either that or thanks for your reporting, I'm sure there's much more of it to