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Advisory committee seeks common definitions for motor‑vehicle stop data; staff warns tight timeline for vendor changes

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement · February 12, 2026
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Summary

The motor vehicle stop data advisory committee is drafting common definitions and training materials to normalize reporting across agencies. Staff said system changes need to be ready by June to allow vendors six months to implement so new data can be captured starting Jan. 1, 2027; commissioners raised concerns that timeframe may be too compressed.

Deputy Chief Colin Grissom told the commission that the motor vehicle stop data advisory committee — charged with improving the state’s racial‑profiling/motor‑vehicle stop reporting — has met twice and split into subcommittees to produce a definitions "dictionary" and training components.

"The bulk of what the committee…

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