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Consultant: Pflugerville's 2025 stop data show higher stop and search rates for Black and Hispanic motorists
Summary
A consultant presented Pflugerville's statutorily required 2025 racial profiling report, noting Black and Hispanic motorists were stopped and searched at higher rates than their population shares; the consultant and police chief highlighted data limitations and agreed to provide incident-level follow-up for council questions.
A consultant who analyzed Pflugerville's 2025 traffic-stop data told the City Council on Tuesday that Black and Hispanic motorists were stopped and searched at rates higher than their proportions of the population, while White motorists were stopped less frequently.
Dr. Fritsch of Justice Research Consultants told the council the dataset covers all traffic stops from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, and includes about 15 data fields per stop. He said the department recorded roughly 7,500 traffic stops in 2025 and that the report compares stop rates to city and Travis County population benchmarks (using 2020 Census numbers).
The consultant stressed substantial caveats. He said the analysis relies on census-based benchmarks that…
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