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Santa Barbara Police present 2024 RIPA report: 11,581 stops; department says it complies with state reporting
Summary
Santa Barbara Police Department presented its 2024 Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) data to the Fire & Police Commission, reporting 11,581 RIPA entries, demographic breakdowns of stops and department demographics that staff said roughly mirror the city’s population; the department described monthly audits and ongoing training.
Commander Kasapis of the Santa Barbara Police Department reviewed the department’s 2024 Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) data at the commission’s May 22 meeting and said the department is in compliance with state reporting requirements.
"RIPA took effect Jan. 1, 2016," the presentation noted, referencing Assembly Bill 953 and the CJIS-2000 form used to collect perceived demographic data at initiation of contact. Commander Kasapis described the RIPA data elements officers submit — perceived race and ethnicity, perceived gender, perceived disability, limited English proficiency, perceived unhoused status, reason for the stop, search types and outcomes — and said the department submits those entries annually to the California Department of Justice.
For calendar year 2024 the department recorded 11,581 RIPA entries, averaging roughly 900 entries per…
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