Hutto PD makes strides against racism

EDIE ZUVANICH Special to the Press

HUTTO — Police officers made almost 6,000 traffic stops in 2023, and received no complaints of racism filed against any officer. Chief Jeffrey Yarbrough presented the results of the department’s state-mandated racial profiling report to the city at a Jan. 18 meeting.

“Race is not a factor that we’re looking at when we make a traffic stop,” Yarbrough said. “If we’ve got a traffic infraction, somebody speeding coming to us, the first thing we want to do is we’re looking at our radar, we’re looking at that vehicle, we’re looking at that license plate because if that vehicle gets down the road I want to be able to identify the license plate. Seeing that driver doesn’t help me.”