Village of Round Lake Beach Police Department Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling Data

On January 1, 2004 a law designed to protect minority populations from biased police techniques went into effect. Commonly called the Racial Profiling Law, it means that any arrest, detention, or other law enforcement action that is based solely on the actual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, national origin or ancestry of a person is prohibited.

In order to comply with the law, we record certain required information. All police officers collect the name, address, gender, and race of the person who is stopped by the them, including when and where the stop was made and whether a search of anyone in the car was conducted or not.

Since the inception of this important law the Round Lake Beach Police Department has been submitting data collected on every traffic stop that its police officers make to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The data for the year 2004 has now been analyzed by the Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety. Should you want an early or personal look at the results of our traffic stop and law enforcement efforts, the results have been compiled and the Round Lake Beach Police Department data is available upon request.

Please let us know you're interested and someone will provide you with the results.

Racial Profiling – not here, not now, not ever. - Chief Larsson