CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS
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Police, Assistant Chief Zina Silva, (915) 212-4306
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Update on the Cite and Release as requested by the City Manager to provide quarterly reports to City Council regarding the cite and release program for the purposes of transparency and to provide data regarding citations being issued and when discretionary arrests are used in lieu of citation. Said reports must be submitted within 45 days after the end of the quarter for 24 months after the implementation of the program. The report should not include any information that would jeopardize any ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution, or include any sensitive, witness, or crime tip information. The report should include the following data for each instance:
1. The documented reason for the stop or arrest;
2. The reason for the discretionary use of arrest (including but not limited to: outstanding warrants, intoxicated individual, uncooperative individual, not a resident of the County of El Paso, habitual offender);
3. The race and ethnicity of the person; and
4. The general location, such as the region or zip code of the incident
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