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<br /> <br />Brighton Department of Public Safety (NBDPS) joined with other Ramsey County law <br />enforcement agencies on January 9, 2017 to begin voluntarily collecting traffic stop data. New <br />Brighton initiated this effort to increase transparency and provide more context to the limited <br />amount of information than was previously captured. Minnesota law does not require the <br />collection of this information. Starting in January 2017, New Brighton officers began recording <br />the following data on every traffic stop: <br /> <br /> Perceived race of the driver <br /> Gender of the driver <br /> Whether the driver was searched <br /> Whether the vehicle was searched <br /> The reason for the traffic stop (moving violation, vehicle/equipment violation, <br />investigative, or the result of a 911 call) <br /> <br />Director Paetznick reviewed the summary graphics of data collection from last year pertaining to <br />perceived race of the driver and reason for the traffic stop, along with two data sets containing <br />demographic information from our community, including 2010 US Census Data and enrollment <br />information from Irondale High School as of November 2017. <br /> <br />Discussion included: <br /> The Commission requested the location of the traffic stops and time of day be noted for <br />future reference. <br /> Demographics information on the community was discussed. <br /> The Commission requested the statistics be broken down by gender and note the number <br />of cars that were searched. <br /> <br />VIII. Adjournment <br /> <br />Motion by Kessler, seconded by Conway to adjourn the meeting at 7:47 p.m. Motion carried 5- <br />0. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Tony Paetznick <br />Director of Public Safety <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />