Citations & Warnings Data

CitationsWarnings

Citation data includes both Traffic Citations and Misdemeanor Criminal Accusation Citations.

The Brookhaven Police Department in 2020 issued 6,639 (58%) written warnings and 4,725 (42%) citations.  These numbers include Includes 915 Arrests by "Summoned / Cited" (see "Arrest Data"). When those citations are removed, traffic citations change to 64% warnings and 36% citations (6,639 warnings; 3,810 citations).

The Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A. §40-13-1) mandates that every law enforcement agency in Georgia use the Georgia Uniform Traffic

Citation, Summons, and Accusation (Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) form DDS-32) to issue traffic citations. The design and content of this form is regulated by the Commissioner of Driver Services; and no law enforcement agency may alter the form.

The DDS-32 does not provide a field in which an officer can record an accused person's ethnicity. Similarly, the form does not allow the Brookhaven Police Department to notate whether the person cited is a resident of Brookhaven. For these reasons, neither a comparison between Hispanic / Non-Hispanic persons nor one between Residents / Non-Residents is possible.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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