If you give that there ’ s a disparity , I personally believe that the reason for it is simply the type of police work that is done today . It ’ s called ‘ Cops on Dots .’ I don ’ t know if you ’ ve heard that phrase before , but it ’ s when you put your higher concentration of police officers in the higher crime areas . Usually the higher reported crime areas of the City are the less-economically developed portions of the City , which are usually going to be minorities . So you ’ re going to have a higher concentration of contact with the people in that area .
Policing and Criminal Justice
If you give that there ’ s a disparity , I personally believe that the reason for it is simply the type of police work that is done today . It ’ s called ‘ Cops on Dots .’ I don ’ t know if you ’ ve heard that phrase before , but it ’ s when you put your higher concentration of police officers in the higher crime areas . Usually the higher reported crime areas of the City are the less-economically developed portions of the City , which are usually going to be minorities . So you ’ re going to have a higher concentration of contact with the people in that area .
– an Arlington resident
Public safety data was gathered directly from publicly available reports released by the City of Arlington ’ s Police Department . Elsewhere in the report “ Latino ” is used exclusively , however , “ Hispanic ” and “ Hispanic or Latino ” are used in this section to exactly match the data available . The data available shows the number of occurrences of police force used per race and ethnicity of subjects . Additionally , motor vehicle contact data is provided showing the number of occurrences where police came in contact with subjects , the ticket and citations provided , as well as verbal or written warnings . This data is also provided by race and ethnicity .
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