10 - Police Department Racial Profiling Annual ReportItem No. 10
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TO: Mayor & City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Randy Tuttle, Interim Chief of Police
SUBJECT: RACIAL PROFILING REPORT
DATE: March 8, 2021
BACKGROUND: Article 2.132 (7) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure requires the annual
reporting to the local governing body of data collected on the race or ethnicity of individuals
stopped and issued citations or arrested for traffic violations and whether or not those individuals
were searched.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Dr. Eric Fritsch and Dr. Chad Trulson with Justice Research Consultants,
LLC has been retained as consultants to prepare the 2020 racial profiling report based on raw data
supplied by the Paris Police Department. Dr. Fritsch will make a presentation to the council based
on his attached report. The report will show that the police department is in compliance with all
statutes regarding racial profiling and that the department does not profile individuals.
BUDGET: There is no budgetary impact, presentation of report only
RECOMMENDATION: There is no recommendation, presentation of report only.