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Bruceville‑Eddy police present 2024 racial profiling report; no complaints recorded
Summary
Police Chief Michael Dorsey presented the department's 2024 racial profiling report to the council and said the department recorded zero racial profiling complaints for the year and provided annual stop and enforcement statistics.
Police Chief Michael Dorsey presented the Bruceville‑Eddy Police Department's 2024 racial profiling report to the council on Jan. 23, saying the department had no racial profiling complaints for the calendar year.
"Whenever it says total stops, that number is gonna differ from our citations and warnings number," Chief Dorsey told council members, explaining that the profiling report counts traffic stops and the racial/ethnic data collected at point of contact, which can differ from citation counts. He also noted the report recorded zero complaints alleging racial profiling.
Councilmembers asked a technical question about an item that showed "race or ethnicity known prior to the stop" — one entry out of 2,171 stops was marked as known — and Dorsey explained the department generally does not know an individual's race until officers make contact. "We don't know who we're making contact with until we actually get out of the car and walk up and see who it is, get them identified," he said.
Chief Dorsey also provided department activity data for December 2024 and year‑to‑date figures, including calls for service, arrests, crash reports and citation counts. For 2024 the department reported 1,424 calls for service, 115 criminal arrests and 3,089 citations and warnings combined (2,081 citations and 1,008 warnings).
Dorsey closed by inviting council questions and saying he believed the data were reported accurately.
