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During 2019, New Brighton police officers made more than 3,200 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 3,281 total traffic stops, here are the answers to those five questions: <br />- Race: White 1,661 / Black 986 / Latino 287 / Asian 148 / Native American 12 / Other 187 <br />- Gender: Male: 2,174 (66.26%) / Female: 1,107 (33.74%) <br />- Persons searched: 265 (8.08%) <br />- Vehicles searched: 232 (7.07%) <br />- Reason for stop: Moving violation 2,162 / Equipment violation 754 / Investigatory 361 / 911 call 4 <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 2018 <br />American Community Survey and enrollment information from Irondale High School as of November 2019. More information <br />about the City 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 />475 <br />Native <br />Arrerican Other <br />4.3775 54° <br />listed traffic stop by race <br />Equipment, <br />23% <br />I mrestigate <br />11% Jll call, 0.12% <br />reason for traffic stop <br />NEW BRIGHTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY <br />January 1- December 31, 2019 <br />Moving <br />solation, 66% <br />Two or Mcre <br />Races, 2.5075 <br />Oth�r, <br />Arne-ican <br />Indian/Alaska <br />_NaYve.0.30% <br />Asian & Paci-ic <br />Islander.5.60%� <br />Hispanic, 6.00% <br />ack o• Afr ca <br />Americas, <br />10.00% <br />City demographics (2018 American <br />Community Survey 5 -Year Estimates) <br />White <br />53". <br />Black <br />1971 <br />Irondale High School demographics <br />(November 2019) <br />Two or mo•e <br />categcries <br />AsianlPac f•= <br />5% <br />N <br />�Isande- <br />uS <br />Amenca <br />0.60% do <br />Hispanic <br />13% <br />