On Wednesday, Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown spoke on the "driving while black" issue, saying problems arise when residents leave the city of Youngstown. 

Mayor Brown said compared to surrounding suburbs, the "driving while black" issue is primarily outside of the city. "If you could stack up our data and what we've had to deal with, it's very small," Brown said. 

Some community leaders reacted to Brown's comment, saying since Youngstown Police do not have body cameras, many of the unknown issues can skew the data. 

Jaladah Aslam, Youngstown Warren Black Caucus President, said she was pulled over while driving home from Bible study in Youngstown because she didn't put her turn signal on. 

"I didn't get stopped in Austintown. I got stopped in Youngstown," said Aslum. 

"Let's face the facts. From Youngstown to Warren is a lot of police departments with different policies," said Thomas Conley, Greater Warren-Youngstown Urban League President and CEO. "How do we get all these policies truly uniform throughout not only our area but the whole country?"

Mayor Brown said there is room for improvement at YPD but says he doesn't want to paint his police force in a bad light if they are not pulling people over just because of their race. He says there are plans for body cameras for YPD but says the expense gets in the way. 

"They want body cameras but they can't afford," Aslam said. "Then we need to see what we can do to help them get that funding."

Some community leaders stressed the importance of creating policy to make a change. 

"We need to have a true conversation about institutional racism and address it in a ways that are formable right now, today," said Conley. 

Mayor Brown said reform can start at a townhall meeting scheduled in Youngstown next week.