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Analysis of the Data <br />The first chart depicts the percentages of people cited by race including Whites, African- <br />Americans, and Hispanics.t White drivers constituted 70.73 percent of all drivers cited, whereas <br />Whites constituted 70.79 percent of the city population and 80.65 percent of the county <br />population.2 The chart shows that White drivers were cited at a rate that is nearly identical to the <br />percentage of Whites in the city population and lower than the percentage of Whites in the <br />county population. African-American drivers constituted 27.33 percent of all drivers cited, <br />whereas African-Americans constituted 22.26 percent of the city population and 13.47 percent of <br />the county population. African-American drivers were cited at a rate that is slightly higher than <br />the percentage of African-Ameri cans found in the city population. African-American citation <br />rates were also higher than the percentage of African-Americans in the county population. <br />Hispanic drivers constituted 1.32 percent of all drivers cited, whereas Hispanics constituted 4.12 <br />percent of the city population and 3.33 percent of the county population. Hispanics are cited at <br />rates lower than the percentage of Hispanics found in the city and county populations. <br />ZVv io <br />- <br />~ <br />8oO <br />k' <br />' <br />0 <br />RK2 <br />70% <br />kth~ ~ <br />60O/Q <br />50% <br />~t <br />40% <br />d <br />~ <br />. <br />30% <br />f ~ <br />M <br />za% <br />~ <br />1 o O/ <br />~ <br />oO <br />/Q <br />White African-American Hispanic <br />■°,6 City Population <br />70.79% <br />22.26% 4.12% <br />County Population <br />84.+65°fo <br />13.47% 3.33% <br />0% Stopped <br />70.73% <br />27.33% 1.32°/a <br />As the chart shows, easy determinations regarding whether or not Paris police officers have <br />"racially profiled" a given motorist are impossible given the nature of the data that has been <br />collected and presented for this report. The law dictates that police agencies compile aggregate- <br />level data regarding the rates at which agencies collectively stop motorists in terms of their <br />race/ethnicity. These aggregated data are to be subsequently analyzed in order to determine <br />whether or not individual officers are "racially profiling" motorists. <br />' Information contained in the first chart excludes information pertaining to 42 citations issued to citizens classified <br />as "bther." <br />City and County population figures are derived from 2000 Census data. <br />5 <br />r. ~~~ll~ V V <br />