Chief Vicki Stefanik: Bastrop Police logged 6,882 traffic stops in 2025 and reports zero racial-profiling complaints

Chief Vicki Stefanik presented the Bastrop Police Department’s 2025 racial-profiling report at the March 10 City Council meeting, leading with departmentwide traffic-stop and search statistics. “In 2025, our department conducted 6,882 traffic stops,” Stefanik told the council, adding that 191 searches were conducted (just under 3% of stops) and contraband was located in 86.4% of those searches.

Stefanik said female drivers accounted for 36.3% of stops and males just under 64%, and gave a racial/ethnic breakdown that showed about 31% Hispanic, just over 10% Black, approximately 55% White, and smaller percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native. She reported that 65.6% of traffic stops involved non-residents (outside the 78602 area code) and that the department received zero racial-profiling complaints for 2025. “Out of the 6,882 traffic stops, we had 0 uses of physical force that resulted in bodily injury,” she said.

Mayor Harris and several council members thanked Stefanik and her officers for training and community engagement. Council members asked procedural and context questions about how race/ethnicity is recorded and about the high contraband recovery rate in searches; Stefanik said recovered items typically included alcohol, drugs, and weapons. The chief encouraged residents to submit compliments or complaints online or in person at the Bastrop Police Department.

The presentation was received as informational; no formal council action was required beyond the report.