tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4320039230690272616..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Central repository created at TCLEOSE for racial profiling dataGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75518512663729389052009-09-04T19:45:29.019-05:002009-09-04T19:45:29.019-05:00If blacks are being stopped more than whites even ...If blacks are being stopped more than whites even though they have less contraband, what does that really mean?<br /><br />It could mean that the police are making a concerted effort to stop crime in black neighborhoods. In a well intention effort to reduce crime in minority neighborhoods, they are stopping more cars. So perhaps this is not a bias against black offenders but a bias against white victims.<br /><br />At any rate, another government program, more of our dollars down the drain...PirateFriedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490889950268741305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17396588687355698582009-09-01T21:13:05.881-05:002009-09-01T21:13:05.881-05:00They still have to report basic data to the reposi...They still have to report basic data to the repository under 2.132. That exemption applies to the contraband and arrest breakdown data elements I mentioned in the post. I'd prefer they had been made mandatory, but for the time being getting the state to maintain the data and enforce reporting requirements is a big step forward.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57489662466525146862009-09-01T19:55:23.534-05:002009-09-01T19:55:23.534-05:00Yes and the proverbial exception.....................Yes and the proverbial exception..........................<br /><br />Art. 2.135. PARTIAL EXEMPTION FOR AGENCIES USING VIDEO AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT. (a) A peace officer is exempt from the reporting requirement under Article 2.133 and the chief administrator of a law enforcement agency, regardless of whether the administrator is elected, employed, or appointed, is exempt from the compilation, analysis, and reporting requirements under Article 2.134 if:<br />(1) during the calendar year preceding the date that a report under Article 2.134 is required to be submitted:<br />(A) each law enforcement motor vehicle regularly used by an officer employed by the agency to make motor vehicle [traffic and pedestrian] stops is equipped with video camera and transmitter-activated equipment and each law enforcement motorcycle regularly used to make motor vehicle [traffic and pedestrian] stops is equipped with transmitter-activated equipment; and<br />(B) each motor vehicle [traffic and pedestrian] stop made by an officer employed by the agency that is capable of being recorded by video and audio or audio equipment, as appropriate, is recorded by using the equipment; or<br />(2) the governing body of the county or municipality served by the law enforcement agency, in conjunction with the law enforcement agency, certifies to the Department of Public Safety, not later than the date specified by rule by the department, that the law enforcement agency needs funds or video and audio equipment for the purpose of installing video and audio equipment as described by Subsection (a)(1)(A) and the agency does not receive from the state funds or video and audio equipment sufficient, as determined by the department, for the agency to accomplish that purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com