The Austin Police Department released its annual racial profiling report.
It shows officers requested fewer searches of drivers they pulled over last year, especially minorities.
It also shows a major drop in overall "consent searches" from 2004 to 2005, decreasing by nearly 80 percent.
The report reveals traffic stops more closely reflect Austin's demographics.
"We don't want to take a tool, a very effective enforcement tool, away from the police but yet we want it to meet the concerns of the community. So, we did some training we modified our policy that the consensual searches be documented and they truly be consensual," APD Chief Stan Knee said.
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Racial profiling
The police department has cut back on the number of consent searches on minorities.
 
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The numbers also dispel stereotypes in crime statistics. Of blacks and Hispanics being searched, more than 90 percent had nothing that violated the law.
"He deserves a lot of credit but at the same time these things tend to go back and forth. The goal is to go forward and make sure we treat folks right," Nelson Linder of the Austin NAACP said.
