RIVER OAKS POLICE DEPARTMENT - RACIAL PROFILING DATA - 2006
TABLE (1) Tier 1  Data
 General Demographics of Contacts and Searches
Race/Ethnicity* Contacts Searches Consensual Searches Custody Arrest
         
  N % N % N % N %
Caucasian 1915 58% 143 52% 79 75% 205 54%
African 138 3% 9 2% 8 7% 19 5%
Hispanic 1197 37% 124 46% 19 18% 159 41%
Asian 11 1% 1 0% 0   0 0%
Native American 0 0% 0 0% 0   0 0%
Other 3 1% 0 0% 0   0 0%
                 
Total 3264 100% 277 100% 106 100% 383 100%
* Race/Ethnicity are defined by Senate Bill 1074 as being of a “particular descent, including Caucasian, African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American”.
(II) Comparative Analysis
Table 1. Comparison of Self-Initiated Stops of Residents and DPS Resident Data
Race/Ethnicity*  Contacts 76114 license drivers DPS Data R/O Census Data
       
  N % N % N %
Caucasian** 3112 95% 16762 97% 6291 96%
African 138 3% 277 2% 18 0%
Asian 11 1% 19 0% 47 1%
Native American 0 0% 84 0% 29 0%
Other 3 1% 152 1% 195 3%
             
Total 3264 100% 17294 100% 6580 100%
* Race/Ethnicity are defined by Senate Bill 1074 as being of a “particular descent, including  
Caucasian, African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American”.
** In this table, Hispanics have been added to the Caucasian population.  
This has been done in order to correspond with DPS data collection methods. 
According to DPS, Hispanics are combined, in their data reports, with the Caucasian population.