10-Presentation of the annual report on racial profiling policy

Home Browse Search

cultural diversity training. All officers have been instructed on the policies and procedures regarding racial profiling and the accompanying complaint process as well. A REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED AND SIIPPORTING DOCUMENTATION REVEALS THAT THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS LAW ON TRAINING AND EDUCATION REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING. Paris Police Department Complaint Process and Public Education on Racial Profiling Article 2.132 §(b)3-4 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure requires that law enforcement agencies implement a complaint process on racial profiling and that the agency provide public education on the complaint process. Paris Police Department's Racial Profiling Policy Part V and VII cover this requirement. The City of Paris Police Department has taken the following actions to ensure that the information relating to the policy disallowing racial profiling has been made known to the public: 1) Made racial profiling policy available to all local media; 2) Published the Paris Police Department's racial profiling policy and information regarding the complaint procedure in The Paris News several times; 3) Published racial profiling policy and complaint information on the City of Paris website; 4) Created complaint forms which are available at any time from any officer or at any time from the lobby of the police station; and 5) Officers of the department have been instructed on the racial profiling law and are available to, and have answered requests about, the law and complaint procedure. A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTATION PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT REVEALS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS LAW ON THE RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINT PROCESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE COMPLAINT PROCESS. Paris Police Department Statistical Data on Racial Profiling Article 2.132(b) 6 requires that law enfarcement agencies collect statistical information on traffic citations and detentions with specific information on the race of the person cited. In addition, information concerning searches of persons and whether or not the search was based on consent is also collected. Paris Police Department submitted statistical information on all citations in 2009 and accompanying information on the race of the person cited. Accompanying this data was the relevant information on searches and arrests. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA REVEALS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS LAW ON THE COLLECTION OF RACIAL PROFILING DATA. 4 . -