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Police Department officers are trained and instructed on the racial profiling law in Texas. In <br />addition, officers also receive mandatory cultural diversity training. All officers have been <br />instructed on the policies and procedures regarding racial profiling and the accompanying <br />complaint process as well. <br />A REVIEW OF TNE INFORMATION PRESENTED AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION REVEALS THAT <br />THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FDLLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS LAW ON TRAINING AND <br />EDZIC,9TIONREGARDING RACIAL PROFILINC. <br />Paris Police Department Complaint Process and Public Education on Racial <br />Profiling <br />Article 2.132 §(b)3-4 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure requires that law enforcement <br />agencies implement a complaint process on racial profiling and that the agency provide public <br />education on the complaint process. Paris Police Department's Bias Based Profiling Policy <br />Section 4 covers this requirement. The City of Paris Police Department has also taken the <br />following actions to ensure that the information relating to the policy disallowing racial profiling <br />has been made known to the public: <br />1) Published racial profiling policy and complaint information on the City of Paris <br />Website (httpJ;��������.paristexas.��ov/index.aspx?NID=120); <br />2) Created complaint forms which are available at any time from any officer or at any <br />time from the lobby of the police station; and <br />3) Officers of the department l�ave been instructed on the racial profiling law and are <br />available to, and have answered requests about, the law and complaint procedure. <br />A REVIEW OF THB DOCUMENT,9TION PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT REVEALS THAT THE <br />DEPARTMENT IS FULLY 1N COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE TEXAS LA W ON THE RACIAL PROFILING <br />COMPLAINT PROCESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONABOUT THE COMPLAINT PROCESS. <br />Paris Police Department Statistical Data on Racial Profiling <br />Article 2.132(b) 6 requires that law enforcement agencies collect statistical information on traffic <br />citations and detentions with specific information on the race of the person cited. In addition, <br />information concerning searches of persons and whether or not the search was based on consent <br />is also collected. Paris Police Department submitted statistical information on all vehicle stops <br />resulting in a citation or arrest in 2012 and accompanying information on the race of the person <br />stopped. Accompanying this data was the relevant information on searches and arrests. <br />ANALYSIS OF THE DATA REVEALS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY IN COMPLlANCE WITN <br />APPLICABLE TEXAS LAW ON THE COLLECTION OF RACIAL PROFILING DATA. <br />,. l�i <br />