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Annual racial-profiling report: 2025 traffic-stop review shows high search hit rate, most arrests driven by warrants
Summary
Dr. Eric Fritch presented Cedar Hill’s 2025 traffic-stop comparative analysis: 7,602 stops, 62% of stopped motorists were non-residents, searches occurred in roughly 6.1% of stops (461 searches) with a 62% hit rate for contraband, and about 62% of arrests were for outstanding warrants.
Dr. Eric Fritch of Justice Research Consultants, LLC, presented Cedar Hill’s annual racial-profiling (traffic-stop) analysis for calendar year 2025 at the April 14 briefing. The analysis, prepared under the Texas racial-profiling data-collection requirements, examined 7,602 traffic stops and compared stop outcomes by race, arrest reason, and search outcomes.
"In 2025, you had 7,602 stops," Dr. Fritch told the council as he walked through the comparative analysis required by state law. He noted data-collection and analytic limits in a large metropolitan area where many motorists stopped are not city residents: "62% of the stops, motorists who were stopped were not residents of the city of Cedar Hill," he said, which complicates comparisons to the city’s resident population.
Dr. Fritch said officers rarely know a motorist’s race or ethnicity before a stop (1.7% in Cedar Hill) and emphasized that his team focuses on post-stop outcomes. He reported searches occurred in about 6.1% of stops (461 searches), and the department’s search "hit rate is 62 percent in 2025," meaning contraband or evidence was found in 62% of searches — higher than the statewide average Dr. Fritch cited (44%). He also said that 62% of arrests were for outstanding warrants, and approximately 31% were for penal-code violations.
Council members responded with follow-up questions about interpretation and method; one council member noted the absence of complaints as a positive signal. Dr. Fritch recommended continuing to improve data-collection measures and noted statewide conversations about standardizing reporting. The council received the presentation; the report was listed for acceptance on the consent agenda.
