26 Paris Police Department's Annual Racial Profiling Analysis Report

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B. Race or Ethnicity: means of a particular descent, including Caucasian, African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American descent. C. Acts Constituting Racial Profling: are acts initiating law enforcement action, such as a traffic stop, a detention, a search, issuance of a citation, or an anest based solely upon an individual's race, ethnicity, or national origin or on the basis of racial or ethnic stereotypes, rather than upon the individuals' behavior, information identifying the individual as having possibly engaged in criminal activity, or other lawful reasons for the law enforcement action. D. Pedestrian Stop: means an interaction between a peace officer and an individual who is being detained for the purposes of a criminal investigation in which the individual is not under anest. E. Traffic Stop: means the stopping of a motor vehicle by a peace officer for an alleged violation of law or ordinance regulating traffic. IV. TRAINING Officers are responsible to adhere to all Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) training and the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) requirements as mandated by law. All officers shall complete a TCLEOSE training and education program on racial profiling not later than the second anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under Chapter 1701 of the Texas Occupations Code or the date the officer applies for an intermediate proficiency certificate, whichever date is earlier. A person who on September l, 2001, held a TCLEOSE intermediate proficiency certificate, or who had held a peace officer license issued by TCLEOSE for at least two years, shall complete a TCLEOSE training and education program on racial profiling not later than September 1, 2003. The chief of police, as part of the initial training and continued education for such appointment, will be required to attend the LEMIT program on racial profiling. An individual appointed or elected as a police chief before the effective date of this Act shall complete the program on racial profiling established under Subsection (j), Section 96.641, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2003. V. COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION A. Any person who believes that a peace officer employed by the City of Paris has engaged in racial profiling with respect to that person may file a complaint with the City. B. No person shall be discouraged, intimidated, or coerced from filing such a complaint, nor shall they be discriminated against because he or she has filed such a complaint. 17