Police present 2025 annual report: 5,726 traffic contacts and zero racial-profiling complaints

Chief Mike Maza presented the Navasota Police Department’s 2025 racial‑profiling data and operational overview to the City Council, saying the department recorded 5,726 traffic contacts last year and that “throughout the entire year, we had 0 racial profiling complaints filed.” The chief said the department used a city population figure of 7,998 for comparative calculations and an early ZIP‑code analysis that indicated about 75% of recorded stops had nonresident ZIP codes.

Maza reviewed enforcement and service metrics: about 1,800 citations and roughly 3,700 warnings, three documented uses of force during stops, and a total of 422 arrests over the past two years. He said dispatch handled more than 21,000 calls for service and the department’s average response time was 2 minutes 37 seconds—below national averages. On traffic enforcement he reported an increase to about 5,799 traffic stops, which he tied to a more active traffic unit and a TxDOT STEP grant that focuses enforcement on crash “heat‑map” corridors. A council member moved to accept the report and place it in the files; another councilor seconded the motion, and no roll‑call vote was recorded in the transcript.