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Randall County accepts sheriff's 2024 racial profiling report; department cites automated e-citation data
Summary
The Commissioners unanimously accepted the Randall County Sheriff's Office 2024 racial profiling report, which the sheriff said shows traffic stops mirror county demographics and logged roughly 400 more stops than in 2023; the department highlighted an e-citation rollout as a driver of improved automated data.
The Randall County Commissioners accepted the sheriff's annual racial profiling report for 2024 by unanimous vote Feb. 11.
Sheriff's office staff introduced Sergeant Frank Lockwood as the officer who compiled the report and said the office prepared it "as required by state statute." The sheriff summarized that "all of our stops mirror the demographics of Randall County" and said the department recorded about 400 more stops than the previous year, attributing the increase to enforcement on I-27 during construction and to a newly launched e-citation program that automates data entry.
Commissioners praised the department's work. One commissioner noted the report showed "0 uses of physical force" out of more than 3,000 contacts, calling that result "amazing"; the sheriff credited updated training and de-escalation efforts for reduced use-of-force incidents. The court accepted the report by motion and recorded a 5-0 vote.
Officials said the e-citation rollout will improve accuracy for future racial-profiling reports because patrol entries are now automated to the records-management system. The report and acceptance do not by themselves trigger policy changes; commissioners received the annual report as a required statutory item and recorded acceptance.
