It is a theory supported by the testimony of minority troopers. Anyone who violates the law should be arrested. The trooper, whose name was not disclosed, is among dozens who allege that fellow officers engaged in racial profiling and that African-American and Hispanic troopers who complained were punished by their superiors. The letter writer said he believed the state police did not teach officers how to profile, but that superiors did not do enough to stop the practice. Your statistics are used as an indicator of your productivity.
Some troopers do it subconsciously.
The trooper noted in his letter that that he, too, had been stopped in his private car by fellow officers more than 40 times, but over what period of time is unclear because the number of years is crossed out on the document. Bergen Record Corp.