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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested: February 22, 2021 <br /> <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br />Requested By: Steve Deardorff, Chief <br /> <br />Department: Police <br />Account Number: N/A <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br />Report Resolution Ordinance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: N/A <br />Exhibits: 2020 Racial Profiling Report <br />Budgeted Item: Yes No <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />The attached report is provided in accordance with Article 2.132 (7) of the Texas Code <br />of Criminal Procedures. The Code requires that the police department annually report, <br />to its governing body, data collected on the race or ethnicity of individuals stopped for <br />traffic violations and subsequently cited, searched and/or arrested. <br /> <br />The report indicates that the La Porte Police Department is fully in compliance with all <br />relevant Texas laws concerning racial profiling, including the existence of a formal <br />policy prohibiting racial profiling by its officers, officer training, and the collection of data <br />in compliance with the law. As a result of this analysis, and the listed statistics, it is <br />believed that the officers of the La Porte Police Department are operating appropriately <br />and without bias relating to individual violator race, ethnicity, or national origin. <br /> <br /> <br />ACTION REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL <br />No action required, the Mayor will note that the City Council has received the <br />2020 La Porte Police Department Racial Profiling Report as presented by the <br />Chief of Police. <br /> <br />Approved for the City Council meeting agenda <br /> <br />