Racial Identity Profiling Act (RIPA)
In compliance with the 2015 Racial Identity Profiling Act, the Long Beach Police Department was one of seven law enforcement agencies required to begin collecting stop data on January 1, 2019, for individuals stopped by police and consensual encounters that resulted in a search. The Department will collect data for each calendar year and submit it to the California Department of Justice annually.
Data elements collected include demographic information of the stopped individuals that is perceived by the officer. This demographic information consists of race/ethnicity, gender, LGBT identity, age, English fluency, and perceived or known disability. The date, time, location, reason for the stop, actions taken, contraband/evidence discovered, property seized, and the result of the stop are also included in the collected data.
The Long Beach Police Department believes in community engagement, transparency, and accountability. Linked below is a data portal featuring data from the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA), which our department is analyzing comprehensively to ensure we are upholding the constitutional rights of all individuals. As part of our commitment to transparency, we are providing the raw RIPA data to our community through this portal, which also provides tools to further understand the data through visualization.
To view LBPD Stop Data for 2019 through 2025, please visit the Police Stop Data (RIPA) data portal.
