17-R-11 - 2016 Police Racial Profiling ReportRESOLUTION NO. 17 -R -11
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2016
RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, AND OTHER MATTERS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, Article 2.134 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended,
requires the chief administrator of a law enforcement agency to submit an annual report to the
governing body of the municipality served that contains data obtained on traffic stops during the
previous calendar year, including an analysis of both the number of motor vehicle stops and the
disposition of such cases based on the race or ethnicity of the affected persons (the "2016 Racial
Profiling Report");
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police of the City of Schertz (the "City ") submitted the 2016
Racial Profiling Report to the City;
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police recommends that the City accept the 2016 Racial
Profiling Report; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
accept the 2016 Racial Profiling Report.
THAT:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
Section 1. The City Council hereby accepts the 2016 Racial Profiling Report.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 28th day of February, 2017.
R. Carpenter, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary, Brenda Dennis
(CITY SEAL)
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PLEASE NOTE: The official form does not allow for Other and Unknown in the Race or Ethnicity boxes on the
TCOLE website. Please contact TCOLE for instructions on how to resolve these issues for 2012. This report only
includes traffic stops resulting in a citation, traffic stops resulting in a citation with an arrest, traffic stops resulting
in a warning with an arrest and field interviews that resulted in an arrest.
Nurfiber of Motor Vehicle Stops
6431 Citations only
32 Arrest only
72 Citations and Arrests
4.
6535
Total
Race or Ethniiclty
840 African
132 Asian
4234 Caucasian
1301 Hispanic
18 Middle Eastern
10 Native American
0 Other
0 Unknown
11.
6535
Total
0-ace or Ethnicity known prior to stop?
204 Yes
6331 No
14.
6535
Total
1c., e
317 Yes
6218 No
17.
6535
Total
Was search consented ?°
25 Yes
292 No
20.
317
Total
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