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Figure 1 Fentanyl-Involved Cases in Pleasanton Jan 2021 - Jun 2023 100 80 60 40 20 __- 0 TOTAL • 2021 v2022 2023 The number of cases for 2023 is through June 2023. Stop Data In the September 2022 bi-annual update, staff referenced the department's work related to the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA). While collecting stop data is not new to Pleasanton, the extent of data collected and reported to the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) is new for all agencies in California. In January 2024, CA DOJ, through the RIPA Board, will release a report that summarizes stop data for the State and makes individual agency data available on the Open Justice portal of the CA DOJ website. While the RIPA report benchmarks stop data using the American Community Survey resident population, other academic methodology recommends using the perceived race of those involved in traffic collisions as a more accurate benchmark of those present in the community at any given time. The traffic collision methodology is relevant in Pleasanton as shopping districts and employment centers draw people to the city from outside of the community. Another deficiency of using ACS data is that the data sets do not align with the options in the RIPA form as Asian and Middle Eastern races or ethnicities are combined in the ACS and separated on the RIPA form and traffic collision reporting allowing for a more accurate analysis. Given this, staff is using this alternate data analysis methodology to summarize the department's 2022 and partial 2023 data for the City Council and community. Using traffic collisions as a benchmark, it can be noted that officer-initiated contacts are more closely aligned with all racial groups than is reflected by the population of Pleasanton. Using traffic collisions as a benchmark, where 1.0 represents an equilibrium of stops to Page 4 of 10