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City Manager’s Repor
TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: POLICE
DATE:CMR:186:03MARCH 10, 2003
SUBJECT:SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
COLLECTION (PROFILING)
This is an information report. No Council action is required.
DISCUSSION
On September 10, 2001, the Police Department submitted its first quarterly report of
demographic data on police contacts to Council. These reports were the result of a commitment
on the part of the Police Department to voluntarily initiate a program of data collection on all
police contacts, not just car stops as many departments across the nation have done.
(CMR:145:00 and CMR:350:01)
While the policy of data collection has remained in place, the events of September 1 lth and the
attendant reassignment of police resources to security functions, training and coordination of
efforts with outside County, State and Federal authorities delayed submittal of the subsequent
reports until now. As a result, this report will be changed from a quarterly report to a semi-
annual report. The attached reports cover the first and second quarters of Fiscal Year 2002-
2003.
During the next quarter, staff will be analyzing the information contained in this report in efforts
to determine why an apparent disproportionate percentage of blacks and Hispanics are being
searched.
RESOURCE IMPACT
None.
CMR:186:03 Page 1 of 2
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This policy is consistent with existing City policies.
ATTACHMENTS
Quarterly Data Collection Summaries, First and Second Quarter FY 2002-03
PREPARED BY:
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
BRAD ZOOK
Police Captain
I~RICK DWYE~
Chief of Police
EMILY HARRISON
Assistant City Manager
CMR:186:03 Page 2 of 2
A’I-FACHM ENT A
Paio Alto Police Department
~uarterl, Data Collection
Total Reported Contacts
Total Adult Arres~
Total Juvenile Arrests
Total Adult Cites
Total Juvenile Cites
Total Reported Other (Adult)~
Total Reported Other (Juvenile)~
ContacEs as a Result of Dispatched Calls
Contacts as a Result of Self Initiated
Activity
Total Reported Searches
Total Person Searches
Total Vehicle Searches
Total No Search
Searches as a Result of Dispatched Calls
! Sea’rche~ a~’d’R’e~ult’ of’ Self initiated
A~vitv
Totals
3776
605
69
2398
53
6i3
38
300
3203
540
497
43
3236
234
306
EthniciW
Asian Black Hispanic Other White
:
462 4201 6011 405 :1.888
378~
160i 1321
!27!322i
46:
258i
235
37
!313
34
40 1~_2 118 s6:257
2 51 i2 7.12
!23,
424 3121 4881 354:1625
27!i28i !!3~46!183
~8 19 4i 9
432s 284i 469:355!1696
211 ~6!,9~
9!901 83~25:
931
Gender
Female
1169
i24
19
865
21
i32
79!
1027!
116
I05
!!
1053
65
51
Male
2607
481
50
1533
32
481
3O
221
2176
424
392
32
2183
169
255
*Other includes Field Interviews, Consensual Contacts, and Warnings on Traffic Violations.
Printed 11/18/2002
ATTACHMENT B
Paio Alto Police Department
Quarterly Data Collection Summary
Total Reported Contacts
Total Adult ArTes~
Total ]uvenile Arrests
Total Adult Cites
Total Juvenile Cites
Total Reported Other (Adult)~
Total Reported Other (Juvenile)~
Contacts as a Result of Dispatched Calls
ContaCTS as a Result of Self Initiated
AGivk%~
Total Reported Searches
Total Person Searches
Total Vehicle Searches
Total No Search
Searches as a Result of Dispatched Calls
Searches as a Result of Self Initiated
Ethnicity
Totals Asian Black Hispanic Other White
582 26 153i 109 53:241
1474 192 107i 215!166:794
66 3 3~i 81 5 47
740 67:87i 118 71 397
4!3 2 4 2 3O
2592 27!294 380 272 !375
557 148~102 43~236
g7 2 4 17 6 !8
2~37 267 224 369 256 i32!
Activitv 292 6 89 451 26 !26
~OtheF includes Field Inter’views, Consensuat Contacts, and Warnings on Traffic Violations.
Gender
Female
965
143
17
542
18
226
19
!00
865
139
126
t3
826
66
6O
Male
2029
439
74
932
48
514
22
3OO
1727
418
384
34
1611
199
232
Printed 01/14/2003