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During 2018, New Brighton police officers made more than 4,200 traffic stops. In early 2017, the New Brighton Department of <br />Public Safety (NBDPS) joined with other Ramsey County law enforcement agencies to begin voluntarily collecting traffic stop <br />data. New Brighton initiated this effort to increase transparency and provide more context to the limited amount of information <br />than was previously captured. Minnesota law does not require the collection of this information. Starting in January 2017, New <br />Brighton officers began recording the following data on every traffic stop: <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, equipment violation, investigative, or the result of a 911 call) <br />From the 4,230 total traffic stops, here are the answers to those five questions: <br />- Race: White 2,278 / Black 1,104 / Latino 316 / Asian 233 / Native American 18 / Other 280 <br />- Gender: Male: 2,792 / Female: 1,438 <br />- Persons searched: 341 <br />- Vehicles searched: 351 <br />- Reason for stop: Moving violation 2,772 / Equipment violation 1,027 / Investigatory 429 / 911 call 2 <br />NBDPS provides the below summary graphics of our data collection from last year pertaining to perceived race of the driver and <br />reason for the traffic stop, along with two data sets containing demographic information from our community, including 2010 <br />US Census Data and enrollment information from Irondale High School as of November 2018. More information about the City <br />of New Brighton and demographics are available on the City's website: http://www.newbrightommn.gov/about/ <br />Several important questions are not answered by this data collection effort: <br />1. Demographic information of drivers who reside in the City of New Brighton. <br />2. Demographic information of drivers who reside elsewhere but travel through New Brighton. <br />3. Demographic information of drivers who either commit a moving violation and/or have an equipment deficiency on <br />their vehicle; this report lists only those who were stopped by police. <br />Asian <br />6% <br />Native <br />Amer -car Other <br />n a3a 7% <br />listed trafic stop by race <br />Investigate, <br />10% 911 call, 0.05% <br />NEW BRIGHTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY <br />January 1- December 31, 2018 <br />American Asian & <br />Other, 0.20%�, ""Indian/Alaska Pacific <br />ative, 0.30% Islander, <br />Tvio or More <br />fi.10% <br />Races, 2.30% <br />Hispanic, 4.401A <br />lack o• Afr"car <br />Ame rica i, <br />6.60% <br />City demographics (2010 US Census <br />Data) <br />Two or mo•e <br />categories <br />35ti <br />Native <br />American <br />0.60% <br />Asian/PaCfic <br />r is ander <br />Hispanic <br />13% <br />White <br />56% Bl ack <br />18% <br />Irondale High School demographics <br />(November 2018) <br />