Gainesville —
A media release from the Gainesville Police Department cited the department’s compliance with Texas racial profiling laws.
Senate Bill 1074, enacted by the 77th Texas Legislature, mandates that on or before March 1 of each year, police departments will submit to the governing body of the municipality a report concerning the analysis of traffic stop data for the previous calendar year.
The Gainesville Police Department supports this mandate, which prohibits racial profiling in Texas.
The local department has a policy in place that is consistent with all state and federal laws. This policy also includes provisions for citizens to contact the department should they feel a Gainesville police officer stopped them because of their race or ethnicity. If you believe you were stopped based on your race, you may request a racial profiling personnel complaint form. If a disagreement concerns the issuance of a citation, that complaint will need to be addressed with the municipal court.
If you believe an officer stopped you based on race, you can request to speak to the on-duty supervisor to discuss the situation and try to resolve it. If the issue is not resolved after discussing it, upon request, the supervisor can provide the person with a racial profiling personnel complaint form. The form may be completed and given to the supervisor at the scene or it can be taken home and completed. The form can either be brought to the police department or mailed to the department’s chief of police.
The Gainesville Police Department takes racial profiling very seriously, and will investigate all complaints made against an officer. Any officer found to be involved in any type of bias-based profiling shall be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.
If the investigation reveals a false complaint has been made, charges may be filed against the person submitting the complaint.
The release said the Gainesville Police Department strives to be a professional agency, and the chief of police wants to know about both positive and negative contacts with his officers and personnel.
If you have any comments, you can mail them to the chief of police at 201 Santa Fe St., Gainesville, TX 76240.
For more information, call (940) 668-7777.
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