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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br />Budget <br /> <br />Agenda Date Requested: February 25, 2019 <br /> <br />Source of Funds: <br />Requested By: Ron Parker, Chief of Police <br /> <br />Account Number: <br />Department: Police <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: <br />Report: X Resolution: Ordinance: <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: <br /> <br />Exhibits: 2018 Racial Profiling Report <br />Budgeted Item: YES NO <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />The attached report is provided in accordance with Article 2.132 (7) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedures. <br />The Code requires that the police department annually report, to its governing body, data collected on the race or <br />ethnicity of individuals stopped for traffic violations and subsequently cited, searched and/or arrested. <br />The report indicates that the La Porte Police Department is fully in compliance with all relevant Texas laws <br />concerning racial profiling, including the existence of a formal policy prohibiting racial profiling by its officers, <br />officer training, and the collection of data in compliance with the law. As a result of this analysis, and the listed <br />statistics, it is believed that the officers of the La Porte Police Department are operating appropriately and without <br />bias relating to individual violator race, ethnicity, or national origin. <br />Action Required by Council: <br />Acceptance of the 2018 La Porte Police Department Racial Profiling Report as presented by the Chief of Police. <br /> <br /> <br />Approved for City Council Agenda <br /> <br />Corby Alexander, City Manager Date <br /> <br />