Citation/Traffic Stop Data Request (North Carolina State Highway Patrol)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the North Carolina Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

"To whom it may concern,

Please provide the following infomration on traffic stops and citations in the form of spreadsheets (.xls or csv, machine readable) covering the years 2019 to 2023.

These spreadsheets should include the following feilds:

Date
Time
Race of the Motorist
Ethnicity of the motorist
Gender of the Motorist
Motorist First Name
Mostorist Last Name
Motorist Date of Birth
County
Reason For Stop
Enforcement Action
Longitude
Latitude
City
State
ZipCode
CitationNo
VehicleYear
VehicleMake
VehicleModel
ViolationDescription
SpeedActual
SpeedPosted

If there are any issues or confusions about the feilds please feel free to reach out.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Sam

Hi Christopher,

Thanks so much for the prompt reply. I've notice that this public data does not include the information about the motorist, which I included in the original request. Is that something that is not collected?

Sam

Hi,

Thanks so much for your help with this request. Who stores citation information?
Sincerely,
Sam