Borger police chief says department's racial-profiling data show no bias; council votes to accept report
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Borger Police Chief Davis presented the department's annual racial-profiling report and an accompanying Del Carmen officer-sample review, saying the data show no evidence of biased policing; the city council voted to accept the report as presented. The transcript alternately refers to the report year as 2025 and 2024.
Borger Police Chief Davis told the Borger City Council on March 3 that the police department's annual racial-profiling report shows no evidence of biased policing and recommended the council receive the report.
"There's no, bias policing or profiling or anything else that's going on in the agency, and the statistics in front of you prove that," Chief Davis said while summarizing the vehicle-stop breakdown included in the packet. He said the report is required by the legislature and is provided each year for public review.
The chief also described a separate Del Carmen study — a sampled, officer-level review conducted by an outside expert referenced in the meeting — that, he said, further examined patterns at the individual-officer level. "We did do a Del Carmen study on this, and everything is still as it should be with the department," Davis said.
Council members asked where the public could access the report. Chief Davis said the report is included in the meeting packet and available on a state portal; a council member noted that staff (named in the transcript as Deidra) has in the past posted similar materials on the city website for public access.
A council member moved to accept and submit the police department's racial-profiling report; the motion was seconded and the presiding member called for a voice vote and announced the motion passed. The transcript refers to the report as the "2025 racial profiling report" when Item 8 was introduced and later to the "2024 racial profiling report" in the motion; the council voted to accept the report as presented during the meeting.
Earlier in the meeting the council approved consent agenda items 5 through 7 by voice vote before taking up the police report. The meeting concluded after the council made and approved a motion to adjourn.
The council did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript; action was recorded simply as passed by voice vote. The report and supporting materials are described in the meeting as available in the packet and on a state portal.