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As the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) continues to prioritize reducing disparity in the local criminal justice system, this report is an effort to monitor the effects of the TriCounty DA Offices’ policy change to no longer prosecute IPT offenses based on fare evasion exclusions. This document contains Multnomah County specific data and will summarize the changes that occurred after the new policy implementation, focusing on cases with IPT charges referred to the MCDA, changes in issued IPT charges, potential displacement of IPT charges to Criminal Trespass II charges, and the racial composition of individuals involved. For this report, the racial breakdown included White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian individuals. Individuals whose race was identified as Indian were not included due to the potential inaccuracy of grouping these individuals either as Asians or as Native Americans. Native American individuals were not included in the racial breakdown due to insufficient sample sizes per year (27 total referrals over 6 years).
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