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The table below reports the summaries for the total number of persons cited and searched <br />subsequent to being stopped by the Paris Police Department for traffic offenses in 2009 (2,360).3 <br />In addition, the table shows the number of individuals who granted consent to search and those <br />drivers who were arrested at the conclusion of the stop. The chart shows that roughly 68 percent <br />of all drivers searched were White (93/137 total searches), roughly 31 percent (43/137) were <br />African American, and less than 1 percent (1/137) were Hispanic. It is clear from the table that <br />the vast majority of the total number of drivers cited (including White, African-American, and <br />Hispanic groups) were not searched, as roughly 94 percent of all drivers who were cited were not <br />searched (137/2,360). <br />Action <br />White <br />African- <br />American <br />Hispanic <br />Asian <br />Other <br />Total <br />Citations <br />1,686 <br />625 <br />44 <br />2 <br />3 <br />2,360 <br />Searches <br />93 <br />43 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />137 <br />Consent Searches <br />67 <br />25 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />92 <br />Arrests <br />230 <br />201 <br />13 <br />0 <br />3 <br />447 <br />The bar chart below presents the percentage of drivers that provided consent to search within <br />each racial category. The chart indicates that drivers who were cited were rarely consent <br />searched across the racial categories. For example, only 3.97 percent of all White drivers who <br />were cited were also searched by consent (67 total consent searches) and 4.00 percent of all <br />African-American drivers who were cited were searched by consent (25 total consent searches). <br />3 Data on Citations, Searches, and Consent Searches are based on cases filed in the Municipal Court of the City of <br />Paris, Texas utilizing information as reported on traffic citations. These data are compiled by the Clerk of the <br />Municipal Court. Data on Arrests are based on data obtained from the Paris Police Department and include arrests <br />which arose out of officer-initiated traffic stops in 2009. <br />7 <br />~~!~i <br />0 0 <br />