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-- VII. PUBLIC EDUCATION This 4epartment will inform the public o£its policy against racial profiling and the complaint -- process. Methods that may be utilized to inform the public are the news media, radio, service or civic presentations, the Internet, as well as governing board meetings. Additionally, information will be made available as appropriate in languages other than English. VIII. CITATION DATA COLLECTION & REPORTING An officer is required to collect information relating to traffic stops in which a citation is issued or an arrest is made. On the citation or arrest report officers must include: A. the violator's race or ethnicity; -- B. t whether a searchvcas conducted; C. was the search consensual; and D. whether an arrest was made for this cited violation or any other violation. -- By March of each year, the department shall submit a report to the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas that includes the information gathered by the citations and arrest reports generated as a result ora traffic or pedestrian stop. The report will include: A. a breakdown of citations by race or ethnicity; -- B. the number of citations that resulted in a search; C. the number of searches that were consensual; and D. the number of citations that resulted in custodial arrest for this cited violation or any other violation. Not later than March 1st of each year, this department shall submit a report to the,City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas containing this information from the preceding calendar year. _ IX. USE OF VIDEO AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT Each motor vehicle regularly used by this department to make traffic and pedestrian Stops -- is equipped with a video camera and transmitter-activated equipment, and each motorcycle regularly used by this department to make traffic and pedestrian stops is equipped with transmitter-activated equipment; and · - : Page4of5