Oak Ridge North Police Department reported there were no racial profiling complains in traffic enforcement in its 2021 racial profiling report, which was presented at the Feb. 14 regular City Council meeting.

The report showed officers made 4,649 traffic stops in 2021, up from the 3,645 stops conducted in 2020 and 4,275 stops made in 2019.

In the report’s demographic breakdown, 18.9% of stops were conducted on Black drivers; 52% of stops were conducted on white drivers; and 25.4% of stops were conducted on Hispanic drivers. Less than 5% of stops were conducted on Alaska, Native American and Indian or Asian, Pacific Islander individuals. The police department received no racial profiling complaints in 2020 as well.

Of the 2021 stops, 76.7% occurred on a city street, and 21.2% occurred on a U.S. highway. Fewer than 1% of stops occurred on a county road, state highway or private property. In 96.6% of traffic stops, a search was not conducted. There were four traffic stops that resulted in physical force, which were all conducted on white individuals.

The report is required annually by state Senate Bill 1849. Also known as the Sandra Bland Act, it was named in honor of a woman who died in a Waller County jail. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law in 2017. Oak Ridge North annual racial profiling reports can be found on the Oak Ridge North website.

Jishnu Nair contributed to this report.