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Police Department Metropolitan Division Funding Reallocation and Report on Traffic Stop <br />Data <br />August 17, 2021 <br />Page 3 <br />1 <br />9 <br />9 <br />2 <br />Teen Academy, Gang Reduction Intervention Program and Chaplain Program. (Exhibit <br />2) <br />The total of these transfers is $1,103,360 <br />REPORT ON TRAFFIC STOP DATA <br />At the June 15, 2021 City Council meeting, the Council directed staff to return at a future <br />Council meeting with traffic stop data that describes the reason and results of traffic stops <br />conducted in the City. The Police Department Information Services Division completed <br />an analysis of traffic stop data for the period of January 1, 2021, through June 30, 2021, <br />which resulted in the identification of 9,785 car stops (Exhibit 1). <br />The Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) was formed as part of AB 953. At the direction <br />of the Legislature, the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board is charged with <br />eliminating racial and identity profiling and improving diversity and racial and identity <br />sensitivity in law enforcement. AB 953 requires each state and local agency that employs <br />peace officers to report data on all stops annually to the Attorney General. The RIPA <br />reporting for Santa Ana Police Department began on January 1, 2021. <br />Prior to January 2021, the only means to identify reasons for a car stop in Santa Ana was <br />to read an arrest or crime report narrative, when a report/citation was completed. Now <br />with the RIPA database, the Department is able to analyze reasons for the stop. It is <br />important to recognize RIPA requirements continue to evolve and today’s requirements <br />will likely differ beginning 2022. <br />Information on car stops is found in several data sources: <br /> CAD is a dispatch system and provides incident types, dispositions, and unit types. <br /> RIPA data provides information on the reason a stop was initiated and the result of the <br />stop. <br /> Crossroads e-citation data provides information on when stops occurred and if a citation <br />was issued. <br /> RMS data contains arrest, crime, FI, citation, and impound information. <br /> <br />Review of the Traffic Stop Data revealed the following: <br /> A traffic violation was the reason for a car stop 73% of the time. <br /> Suspicious behavior, parole, probation, and consensual encounters were also as <br />reasons for a car stop. <br /> The leading car stop result was the issuance of a citation at 39% <br /> 37% of stops resulted in education, warnings, and/or no action taken.