It should also be noted that the Arlington Police Department opted to report on ALL
motor vehicle contacts made during the course of a motor vehicle contact. In the first table,
contacts made in the course of a motor vehicle contact (not including pedestrians) were reported.
Thus, the APD, for the sake of transparency, reported data beyond the minimum requirements of
Tier 2.
Tier 2 (2017) Motor Vehicle-Related Contact Analysis
When analyzing the Tier 2 data collected in 2017, it was evident that most motor vehicle-
related contacts were made with African American drivers. This was followed by Caucasian and
Hispanic drivers. In addition, most contacts were made in 2017 with males for moving traffic
violations. Further, of the searches made, most were due to probable cause or reasonable
suspicion. In addition, contraband was not found as a result of most searches. Of the contraband
found, in most instances, illegal drugs/drug paraphernalia was cited as the most frequent item
found.
The Tier 2 data findings also suggested that an arrest was not made, for the most part, as
a result of stops or searches. Further, of those arrested, outstanding warrant, was the most cited
reason for the arrest. Most of the locations of the stops were on city streets; this was followed by
private property or other.
As mentioned earlier, the Arlington Police Department opted to disclose (and include in
this report), all contacts made with individuals in the course of a motor vehicle contact. That is,
contacts that qualified (and those that did not) under the racial profiling law are being reported
by the Arlington Police Department in an effort to show transparency and disclosure. It should
be further noted that the data for all contacts is similar, in nature and context, to the Tier 2 data
submitted to TCOLE.
Total contacts reported to TCOLE in Tier 2 reporting is 99,155. Total contacts in this
additional analysis report is 100,887. There are 1,732 vehicle contacts that do not fit the TCOLE
reporting categories, and were not submitted to TCOLE. The 1,732 vehicle contacts are counted
and analyzed in this report, however. Further, there are 130 vehicle contacts collected by
Arlington PD that were cleared incorrectly within the computer aided dispatch system. This error
was identified and corrected to prevent replication. However, the 130 vehicle contacts, known as
“null” data, could not be considered at all because they had incomplete clearance data, and could
not be analyzed. Of note, the 1,732 and 130 vehicle contacts not submitted to TCOLE are
statistically insignificant to any of the aforementioned analysis.
Fair Roads Standard Analysis
The data analysis of motor vehicle contacts to the census data relevant to the number of
“households” in DFW who indicated, in the 2010 census, that they had access to vehicles,
produced interesting findings. Specifically, the percentage of individuals of African American
and Hispanic descent that came in contact with the police was higher than the percentage of