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Item No. 9 <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council <br />Grayson Path, City Manager <br />FROM: Richard Salter, Chief of Police <br />SUBJECT: RACIAL PROFILING REPORT <br />DATE: April 10, 2023 <br />BACKGROUND: Article 2.132-2.134 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP) requires <br />the annual reporting to the local governing body on data collected relative to motor vehicle stops <br />in which a ticket, citation, or warning was issued, and/or arrests resulting from those stops. Article <br />2.134 of the CCP directs that a comparative analysis of the statistical information be conducted, <br />with respect to the number of stops of persons by race or ethnicity, the outcome of those <br />encounters, the number of searches conducted and the results of those searches. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: Dr. Eric Fritsch and Dr. Chad Trulson with Justice Research Consultants, <br />LLC was retained to prepare the 2022 Racial Profiling Report based on raw statistical data supplied <br />by the Paris Police Department. Dr. Fritsch's analysis of Racial Profiling Compliance by Paris <br />Police Department shows that the department is fully compliant with all relevant Texas laws <br />concerning racial profiling, including the existence of a formal policy prohibiting racial profiling <br />by its officers, officer training and educational programs, a formalized complaint process, and the <br />collection of data in compliance with the law. Dr. Fritsch's will make a presentation to the council <br />based on his report. <br />BUDGET: There is no budgetary impact, presentation of report only <br />RECOMMENDATION: There is no recommendation, presentation of report only. <br />