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Hutto police report quarterly staffing gains, higher traffic enforcement and no racial‑profiling complaints
Summary
Police Chief Jeff Yarbrough told council the department has expanded sworn staffing and specialized units, reported 10,117 traffic stops in the past year with 322 vehicle searches and no formal complaints alleging racial profiling, and highlighted grant awards and investigative successes.
Hutto Police Chief Jeff Yarbrough presented the department’s first quarterly update of the year and the annual bias‑based policing (racial profiling) report to the city council on Thursday, saying staffing increases and new specialized positions have improved investigative clearance rates and service delivery.
Yarbrough told the council the department has 51 full‑time peace officer positions authorized, with 47 sworn officers currently on staff and four lateral recruit positions in process. He said the department recently added a crime analyst, a crisis support specialist and a victim services advocate and that the department expects to have authorized positions filled by late March.
On investigative results, the chief highlighted a roughly 84% clearance rate on crimes against persons and…
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