Dallas County Sheriff's Department

II. Restrictions for Deputy Initiated Law Enforcement Contact

  1. Deputies are prohibited from initiating any form of law enforcement contact with any person without the presence of articulative reasonable suspicion.
  2. Individuals will not be stopped or detained based exclusively on their race, ethnicity, or national origin.
  3. No detainee, once cited or warned, will be detained beyond the point where there exists no reasonable suspicion of further criminal activity.
Racial Profiling Policy
  PURPOSE and POLICY
I. DEFINITIONS
II. RESTRICTIONS FOR DEPUTY INITIATED LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT
III DOCUMENTATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS
IV. INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED
V. DOCUMENTATION OF PEDESTRIAN STOPS
VI. COMPLAINTS
VII. TRAINING
VIII. PUBLIC EDUCATION