Des Peres Police Dept
The City of Des Peres Department of Public Safety maintains the data developed by the Attorney General continues to be flawed in that the device of comparing the racial distribution of traffic stops and residential population results in a comparison that is uninformative and misleading. The City of Des Peres is the crossroads for two of the bus- iest highways in St. Louis County, Interstate 270 and Manchester Rd (Highway 100). In addition, our community is a major retail hub serving people throughout the region. The truly relevant data would be the comparison of traffic stops with the racial diversity on all roadways within the city (and not just and analysis based on residential population). Unfortunately, this data was not developed or referenced by the Attorney General's office. The Des Peres Department of Public Safety is committed to just and unbiased policing and administration of the law. Our department does not engage in discriminatory practices, and the department, and city, would not tolerate it if it were to occur. Any reference to the contrary due to the data compiled in the current manner for the Attorney General's report is unwarranted and erroneous.