Dallas County Sheriff’s Department
Racial Profiling Policy

308.05 INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED

A. VEHICLES WITHOUT FUNCTIONING AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT :This section applies to vehicles that do not have audio & video equipment or to vehicles in which the audio & video equipment is not operative.

The following information is to be collected and reported via radio, telephone, or MDC to the Communications Section by all deputies effecting either a traffic or pedestrian stop utilizing vehicles without audio and video recording equipment:

  1. Physical description of each person detained as a result of the stop, including: gender,
    race / ethnicity.
  2. Alleged violation of law or ordinance.
  3. Street address or approximate location of stop.
  4. Was a search was conducted as a result of the stop.
  5. Did detainee consent to search.
  6. Notation of any contraband discovered during the search and the type of contraband discovered.
  7. Probable cause to search and facts supporting the existence of that probable cause.
  8. Was an arrest as a result of the stop or the search, including a statement of the offense and charge.
  9. Was a warning or a citation issued.

B. VEHICLES WITH FUNCTIONING AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDING EQUIPMENT :The following information is to be collected and reported via radio, telephone, or MDC to the Communications Section by all deputies effecting either a traffic or pedestrian stop utilizing vehicles with audio and video recording equipment:

1. Race or ethnicity and gender of the detainee,

2. Was a search was conducted as a result of the stop, if so was it consensual.

3. Was there an arrest or citation issued.

4. The Communications Section will ensure that the information listed in SO2001-01.005 [A1-9] is entered and recorded as a CAD entry associated with the stop.

Racial Profiling Policy
308.00
308.01
PURPOSE and POLICY
308.02 DEFINITIONS
308.03 RESTRICTIONS FOR DEPUTY INITIATED LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT
308.04 DOCUMENTATION OF TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN STOPS
308.05 INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED
308.06 VIDEO EQUIPMENT
308.07 VIDEO RECORDING PROCEDURES
308.08 VIDEO AND AUDIO CARTRIDGE ISSUE AND MAINTENANCE
308.09 DATA REPORTING PROCEDURES
308.10 COMPLAINANTS
308.11 MONITORING OF PERSONNEL
308.12 TRAINING
308.13 PUBLIC EDUCATION