OCSO Feb 1 - Dec 31 2007 Traffic Stop Breakdown

Ohio County Sheriff's Office
51 Sixteenth Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
Racial Profiling Data Collection Act - Results
	This report was created from data submitted on the Motor Vehicle Stop Forms by the Ohio
County Sheriff's Office for the period of time beginning on															01-Feb-07			through		31-Dec-07			.
Number of stops reported for this time period													2901
Average Number of stops per day										8.659701
																	335
Traffic Stop Information
The time of day the stops were initiated.
										Day 0600-1400					960		33.09%
										Afternoon 1400-2200					979		33.75%
										Midnight 2200-0600					961		33.13%
The average duration of the Traffic Stops was														0:09	minutes.
On what type of roadway was the violation committed.
												Interstate			1157		39.88%
												US/WV Route			724		24.96%
												City Street			459		15.82%
												Other			561		19.34%
What was the primary reason for the traffic stop.
										Red Light / Stop Sign					102		3.52%
										Speed <10 over					295		10.17%
										Speed >10 over					1064		36.68%
										Lane Violation					269		9.27%
										Other Moving Vio.					699		24.10%
										Other Non-moving Vio.					447		15.41%
										Nuisance/Vice					0		0.00%
										Suspicious Circum					18		0.62%
										BOLO / Wanted Pers					4		0.14%
										Property Crime					1		0.03%
										Violent crime					0		0.00%
										Local Ordinance					0		0.00%
What was the final disposition of the traffic stop.
											Citation / Arrest				1363		46.98%
											Warning				1515		52.22%
											No action				23		0.79%
Driver Information
What was the gender of the driver.
													Male		1959		67.53%
													Female		942		32.47%
What was the race of the driver.
										White					2651		91.38%
										Black / African Am.					176		6.07%
										Asian/Pacific Islander					13		0.45%
										Native American					3		0.10%
										Middle Eastern					35		1.21%
										Other					23		0.79%
What was the perceived ethnicity of the driver.
												Hispanic			47		1.62%
												Non-Hispanic			2854		98.38%
What was the  age of the driver.
												Average Age			35.99
												Oldest			89
												Youngest			15
What was the registration of the Vehicle
												WV			1561		53.81%
												Other State			1332		45.92%
												None			8		0.28%
Search Information
Did the officer perform any type of search.
													Yes		274		9.45%
													No		2627		90.55%
If a search was conducted, under what authority did the search take place.
									Consent						177		64.60%
									Reasonable Susp/Weapon						10		3.65%
									Incident to arrest						63		22.99%
									Inventory						0		0.00%
									Probable cause						16		5.84%
									Plain view						5		1.82%
									Prob/Parole Waiver						0		0.00%
									Other						2		0.73%
If a search was conducted, what percent of the time was each mode of search used.
												Officer					94.53%
												Canine					11.31%
												PBT					11.68%
												Drug test kit					0.73%
												Other					1.46%
If a search was conducted, what percent of the time was each person/item searched.
												Vehicle					93.07%
												Driver					85.40%
												Passenger(s)					30.29%
												Personal effects					5.47%
If a search was conducted, what percent of the time was each contraband item found.
												None			166		60.58%
												Illegal drugs			47		17.15%
												Drug para.			56		20.44%
												Alcohol			38		13.87%
												Firearm(s)			4		1.46%
												Other weapon(s)			4		1.46%
												Currency			5		1.82%
												Stolen property			0		0.00%
												Other			3		1.09%
Passenger Information (only if searched)
If a search was conducted, how many passengers were searched.																	122
What was the gender of the passenger(s).
													Male		99		81.15%
													Female		23		18.85%
What was the race of the passenger(s).
										White					90		73.77%
										Black / African Am.					31		25.41%
										Asian/Pacific Islander					0		0.00%
										Native American					0		0.00%
										Middle Eastern					0		0.00%
										Other					1		0.82%
What was the perceived ethnicity of the passenger(s).
												Hispanic			11		9.02%
												Non-Hispanic			110		90.16%
Patrol Zone Breakdown
										City of Wheeling				762	26%		Short Creek		228	8%
										Clearview				12	0%		Potomac		42	1%
										West Liberty				61	2%		Peters Run		181	6%
										WLSC				3	0%		Mt. Echo		32	1%
										Bethlehem				26	1%		Dallas Pike		167	6%
										Triadelphia				193	7%		Interstate		1158	40%
										Valley Grove				36	1%
This document was prepared by Lieutenant Drage Flick on															1/18/2008, 13:52				hrs.