b'Disparities in arrest and incarceration rates of white people and people of color have been found in Michigan, according to the Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration 7andthe2019CriminalJusticePolicyCommissionReport,whichcompletedanEvaluationofStraddleCellSentencing,Class E Felonies covering six years of data. 8 Additionally,MichiganStateUniversityrecentlycomparedtheracialandethniccompositionoftrafficstopsacrossMichiganStatePolicedistrictsfrom2020andfoundsimilardisparities. 9It also is widelyrecognizedthatsentencingpracticesacrossMichiganarenotuniform,whichcanhavetheappearanceofbeingunjustandunfair.Sentencingpracticesmusttakeintoconsiderationindividualcircumstanceswhilealsobeingfairandconsistent.7 Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration, Report and Recommendations(January10,2020).8CriminalJusticePolicyCommission,Evaluation of Straddle Cell Sentencing in Michigan Class E Felonies(June6,2019),p7.9 Michigan State University, Michigan State Police Traffic Stop External Benchmarking: A Final Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities(2021).SECTION3:STRATEGICGOALSANDSTRATEGIES 29'