Of the more than 3,500 traffic stops conducted in Kyle last year, roughly 531 of those involved a search of some kind, according to statistics provided by Kyle Police in February.
The statistics are part of a requirement from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) for law enforcement agencies to collect and report incident data. Information that is collected is the number of traffic stops conducted during the previous year, as well as how many citations were issued and the race of the person who was stopped by an officer.
Bo Kidd, Buda Police Chief, and Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Chief, said the statistics followed similar trends that have taken place over the past few years.
In 2017, 257 of the 3,528 traffic stops in Kyle had an arrest only. Only 16 of the 1,439 traffic stops in Buda ended with an arrest.
A combined total of 5,132 citations were written by the Buda and Kyle police departments in 2017, according to racial profiling data.
Kyle wrote the most tickets with 3,113, while Buda had 2,013 violations last year.
City of Buda
Total Number of Citations 1,439
Caucasian 845
African American 82
Hispanic 487
Asian 12
Native American 0
Middle Eastern 7
Other/Unknown 6
Searches Conducted 72
Searches Consented To 3
City of Kyle
Total Number of Stops 3,528
Caucasian 1,968
African American 278
Hispanic 1,212
Asian 0
Native American 15
Middle Eastern 20
Other/Unknown 35
Citation Only 3,113
Arrest Only 257
Searches Conducted 531
Searches Consented To 42
