(FOX40.COM) — Racial profiling in police stops is still a concern across California, a new report shows.

The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board released a report analyzing the 5.1 million vehicle and pedestrian stops law enforcement agencies conducted in 2024, along with 13,000 complaints from Californians.

The 2024 data showed an increase in overall stops as well as consistent disparities in stop rates among racial and ethnic groups — particularly among Black individuals, who were stopped 128% more than expected statewide. The report, the board’s ninth annual, was released Jan. 30.

“The information obtained through stop data and civilian complaints provide invaluable insight into systemic issues present in the state, enabling the [board] to recommend constructive reforms to improve public safety in California,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release.

Officers took more actions against Black and Native American people during stops than other groups, the report found, along with higher arrest rates. Law enforcement also reported using force more often in stops of Native American, Black, Hispanic and Latino individuals.

Black individuals were stopped at higher rates in the Bay Area, the report found. In Southern California, officers tended to stop Hispanic and Latino Californians in disproportionately high numbers.

Only 20% of consent-only searches discovered contraband, the report showed. Those searches occurred most frequently in stops involving Asian, Hispanic and Latino people. Consent-only searches of Black and Native American people led to lower discovery rates than searches of White Californians.

One major change from 2023 to 2024 was a spike in the number of complaints alleging racial or identity profiling — to 17.5% from 9.7%.

From 2023 through the start of December 2025, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training found that 41% of 41,586 reports of misconduct alleged bias by an officer. In that time, POST initiated certification actions against 651 officers.

“We hope that all stakeholders review the report and the data to take action,” Andrea Guerrero, co-chair of the RIPA Board, said in a news release. “At a time when federal law enforcement is eroding public trust by engaging in blatant profiling, California can provide a different model of a state that seeks to build public trust through the transparency and accountability that the RIPA report fosters.”

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