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Castle Hills reappoints municipal judge; court caseload and police stop data reviewed
Summary
The City Council reappointed municipal judge Harold T. McCall and heard a quarterly court report showing multi-year filing trends and staffing improvements; Assistant Chief Ataka also presented the city's 2024 racial-profiling report and explained a rise in traffic stops tied to expanded enforcement.
The Castle Hills City Council unanimously reappointed Harold T. McCall as municipal court judge on April 8 after residents and volunteers praised his work. Paty Martin, a court volunteer, told the council she had observed the judge’s fairness and legal knowledge and recommended renewal.
Judge McCall delivered the court’s quarterly report, outlining caseload statistics and staffing changes since the pandemic. He said filings rose in recent years and that the court has improved processing throughput following staff additions; for example, he noted the court processed thousands of cases across prior years and reported 2,712 filings in the first quarter of 2025 with 2,48 processed in that same quarter (as presented to council).
Assistant Chief Ataka presented the 2024 racial-profiling report required by state law, noting that stops increased from about 3,089 in 2023 to roughly 10,000 in 2024 due to an expanded selective traffic enforcement program and the addition of a traffic officer. Ataka said the report was filed with the state in February and accepted, and he committed to including demographic-comparison columns in next year’s report for greater context.
Councilmembers thanked court staff and law enforcement for their work and asked staff to provide demographic breakout data in future profiling reports. The council took no further action beyond accepting the reports and reappointing the judge.
