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RACIAL PROFILING REPORT / 2006 FEBRUARY 22, 2007 The City of Paris Police Department annually collects police contact data as prescribed by Senate Bill 1 074 for the purpose of identifying and responding to citizen concerns and/or allegations regarding the practices of racial profiling. This is the annual report produced by the Paris Police Department in compliance with the law and also serves to inform the citizens of Paris, Texas, regarding these issues. It is truly the objective and desire of the Paris Police Department to enforce the law in a fair, impartial, and just manner to each citizen of Paris. It is the department's goal to continually reach out to all of our citizens in an effort to improve our services and maintain a caring and cooperative relationship with the entire community. Racial profiling is not permitted, tolerated, nor condoned by the officers of the Paris Police Department. However, we realize that we must be ever vigilant and sensitive to our citizens to keep even the perception of such unjust actions from occurring. This report contains all of the information as requested in order to comply with the law and inform our citizens as mandated by Senate Bill 1074. The information collected within this report is comprised of data garnered from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. All of the collected data and/or information has been compared and analyzed according to the requirements of Senate Bill 1074. Again, it has been and continues to be the policy of the Paris Police Department to banish the practice of racial profiling among its officers. Hopefully, this document will inform and instruct the reader with helpful information and assistance while at the same time striving to comply completely with the state law. The Paris Police Department is always open to proactive ideas in which ways may be found to improve our relationships and police operations with our citizens. \(~~ Karl Louis Chief of Police