The Brown County Sheriff’s Office presented the Racial Profiling Report to the Brown County Commissioners Court. This report shows the statistics for the period of January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

Total number of stops equaled 1,525 for 2009.  Of the total number of stops, 1249 were Caucasian, 214 Hispanics, 57 African American, 3 Asian, 2 Other Races, and 0 Native Americans.

SB 1074 was enacted May 24, 2001 and became effective September 1, 2001.  Phase I of the bill requires all law enforcement agencies in the state to adopt a policy which prohibits racial profiling, implements a complaint process, and collection of data on the race of the driver only when a citation is issued. This data is submitted to the local governing body of the municipality or county in an annual report.  Phase II includes data collection for both traffic and pedestrian stops whether or not a citation is issued. An agency is exempt from Phase II data collection, however, if the agency uses video cameras to record every stop or if the agency applies to the Department of Public Safety for funding for installation of video and audio equipment, whether the funding is granted or denied.

Below is the information from the report submitted by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office.