Creve Coeur Police Dept
In regards to the 2021 Vehicle Stops Report, I wish to provide the following information to help the reader better understand the data as it relates to the City of Creve Coeur. The residential demographics of Creve Coeur is not reflective of the motoring public demographics within the city limits. This is because the City of Creve Coeur is situated in the middle of St. Louis County and within our city limits are some of the most utilized roadways in the metro area. Additionally, the city is the home to several major corporations and medical facilities that draw people from all over the metropolitan area, boosting the daytime population to approximately 50,000 persons. Since only 10% of all motorists stopped by the Creve Coeur Police Department in 2021 were residents of Creve Coeur, perhaps

a more accurate metric for measuring the disparity index may be found by using population data from St. Louis County. When using this data, the disparity rate for vehicle stops involving Black motorists is 1.11. Determining the racial makeup of the motoring public in Creve Coeur is very complex, thus obtaining an accurate disparity index is difficult. However, an argument can be made that the motoring public in Creve Coeur is much more reflective of the St. Louis County population in general. Therefore, the reader should be cautioned that solely using the vehicle stop data provided in the Vehicle Stops Report, without taking into account other community dynamics, may lead to inaccurate conclusions.