2022_1122_PWETCPacket - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

For tracking purposes, all traffic stops ended with a disposition of either "Warning' or "Citation." Warnings are issued either verbally or in writing at the time of the stop. Most citations are written and issued to the subject at the time of the stop; however, some are issued via Formal Complaint after the fact. For example, if a person is detained on suspicion of driving under the influence and a blood or urine sample is collected, the individual would be booked, released, and then charged via Formal Complaint if the lab results come back positive. The data in this report include both immediate and delayed charges in the "Citation" disposition. Most traffic stops (83.3%) resulted in a warning for the driver. The chart below shows the warning -citation ratio by stop type. Proportionally, the number of citations issued as a result of investigative stops was slightly higher than the number issued as a result of either vehicle violations or moving violations. Citations & Warnings Issued by Type of Stop, 2021 n=1863 ■Warning ■Citation 100% 90% 8096 n 70% � 60% so% — c g' 40% — d 30% 20% 10% 0% — 9-1-1/Citizen Investigative Vehicle Violation Moving Molation Type of Stop Figure 3 - Citations & Warnings Issued by Type of Stop Until December 2020, Officers had only two options available to them to record the gender of the driver during a stop: male and female. In December, a third option was added: "Unknown" A few months later, in February 2021, the third option was changed from "Unknown" to "Non -Binary." Non -Binary can mean different things to different people. At its core, it is used to describe someone whose gender identity isn't exclusively male or female. In 2021, approximately three in every five drivers stopped were male (60.7%). Officers used the non -binary code twice after it was instituted. Traffic Stops by Gender of Driver, 2021 n=1863 Figure 4 -Traffic Stops by Gender of Driver Service + Integrity + Respect + Innovation 4