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Navasota police report: 5,726 traffic contacts and zero racial-profiling complaints, chief says
Summary
Chief Mike Meza presented the Navasota Police Department's 2025 annual report, saying officers made 5,726 traffic contacts and the department logged zero racial-profiling complaints; council moved to accept the report and place it on file. The presentation also covered staffing, drone and K-9 operations and technology upgrades.
Chief Mike Meza presented the Navasota Police Department's annual report to the Navasota City Council, saying the department recorded 5,726 traffic contacts in the year and "throughout the entire year, we had 0 racial-profiling complaints filed." The report is required annually by Texas law and will be submitted to the state before March 1.
Meza told council the department used the census figure of 7,998 for the city and that, of the contacts, roughly 3,600 occurred on city streets and about 1,900 on the state highway. He said a ZIP-code analysis indicates about 75% of traffic stops involved nonresidents (non-77868 ZIP codes). Meza attributed some reporting limitations to a midyear transition from handwritten citations to electronic e-ticketing, which will allow more complete automated reporting after the system is fully adopted.
The chief summarized enforcement outcomes: approximately 1,800 citations, about 3,700 warnings and three reported uses of force during vehicle stops. Meza also said the department logged 422 arrests for the year and reported an average response time of 2 minutes, 37 seconds to dispatched calls, which he described as below the national average.
Meza reviewed department operations and recent upgrades: a two-officer traffic unit responsible for crash investigations and arrests, one licensed drone operator who logged roughly 80 flight hours and 30 callouts, and K-9 Diego (to be retired later this year). He said technology improvements include new in-car MDTs, upgraded radio antennas and a WatchGuard cloud camera system compatible with body cameras.
During the presentation, an unidentified council member moved to "accept the report and place it in the files," and a second was registered; the transcript does not record a roll-call vote. Meza said staff would submit the required state filing after the council presentation.
The presentation closed with community items and department goals for 2026, including policy digitization, evidence-room improvements and kennel replacements.
