London Police Will Track Ethnicity of Drivers They Pull Over

London’s Metropolitan Police will begin to track the ethnicity of people pulled over by traffic officers after data showed Black motorists were being disproportionately targeted.

Mayor Sadiq Khan, who supports the program, said Black Londoners are six times more likely to be stopped in a car than a white person. Khan said the pilot program will help “assess and address” concerns over racial profiling, and called for the U.K. government to make it compulsory for police to publish similar data.