traffic scandal

Federal prosecutors have dropped an investigation into Connecticut state troopers for allegedly falsifying information on thousands of traffic stop tickets that may have skewed state racial profiling data, according to state officials.

In response to last year’s traffic stop reporting scandal, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed legislation to make it illegal for police officers to submit false statements in law enforcement records.

Connecticut lawmakers say they will await the outcome of a federal grand jury investigation before taking action to address the state police fake traffic ticket scandal.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, a former prosecutor, says he believes a crime was committed when traffic jams were engineered in Fort Lee, New Jersey…