Other enforcement rates were more disparate in nature, those enforcement rates should not
be compared to the Hispanic, African American or Caucasian rates as they were too infrequent
to be of any statistical significance. That being said, they collectively accounted for only 34 out
of 1,244 contraband hits and had an enforcement rate of 82.4%.
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRABAND
When analyzing the distribution of contraband hits across racial/ethnic groups, it is readily
apparent that only three groups account for the vast majority of all discovered contraband.
More specifically, African American, Caucasian and Hispanic drivers collectively accounted for
97.2% (1,210 out of 1,244) of all contraband hits. All remaining racial/ethnic groups accounted
for the remaining 2.7% (34 out of 724). As such, over 97% of all contraband discovered during
traffic stops came from either African American, Caucasian or Hispanic drivers.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, this analysis demonstrates APD’s enforcement outcomes stemming from 2016
traffic stop searches were consistent across all racial/ethnic groups. As such, it supports the
supposition of APD’s equal application of its lawful police authority.
DATA STATEMENT
The data in this analysis were derived from all police service incidents occurring 1/1/2016
through 12/31/2016, and cleared via police dispatch with the typecode of traffic stop. These
data were pulled from the calls for service table dbo_PDStats, and excludes any non 6-digit
disposition codes and data invalidated through administrative review. The excluded data was
statistically insignificant. The same data sets were utilized for the 2016 Racial Profiling report.