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Executive Summary <br />Article 2.132 (7) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure requires the annual reporting to the <br />local governing body of data collected on the race or ethnicity af individuals stopped and issued <br />citations or an•ested for traffic violations and whether or not those individuals were searched. <br />Since the law provides no clear instruction to a governing body an how to review such data, the <br />Paris Police Department requested this analysis and review to assist the City Council in <br />reviewing the data. <br />The analysis of material and data fmm the Paris Police Department revealed the following: <br />• A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PAR1S POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RACIAL PROFILING <br />POLICY SHOWS THAT THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH <br />ARTICLE 2132 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CR[MINAL PROCEDURE. <br />• A REVIEW OF THE 1NFORMATION PRESENTED AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION <br />REVEALS THAT THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY 1N COMPLIANCE WITH <br />TEXAS LAW ON TRAINING AND EDUCATION REGARDING RACIAL PROFILING. <br />• A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMEIYTATION PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT REVEALS THAT <br />THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITN APPLICABLE TEXAS LAW ON THE <br />RACIAL PROFILINC COMPLAINT PROCESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE <br />COMPLAINT PROCESS. <br />• ANALYSIS OF THE DATA REVEALS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE <br />WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS LAW ON THE COGLECTION OF RACIAL PROF[LING DATA. <br />o THE ANALYSIS OF STAT[STICAL INFORMATION FROM PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />REVEALS THAT THERE ARE NO METHODOLOGICALLY CONCLUSIVE INDICATIONS OF <br />SYSTEMIC RACIAL PROF[LING BY THE DEPARTMENT. <br />• THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT 1S FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS <br />LAW CONCERNING THE PROHI6ITION OF RACIAL PROFILING. <br />• THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY 1N COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS <br />LAW CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF [NFORMATION TO TCLEOSE. <br />- • 61 <br />