Sheriff Sal Rivera met with the Castro County Commissioners Court on Jan. 9, to present the Castro County Sheriff’s Office Racial Profiling Report for 2022.
Rivera stated that his office and deputies did not practice racial profiling and was confident that the report confi rmed that. Policies at the Castro County Sheriff’s Offi ce (CCSO) include enforcing state and federal laws in a responsible and professional manner, without regard to race, ethnicity or national origin and are applicable to all people, including drivers, passengers, or pedestrians.
According to Rivera, a law enforcement agency must present a report to the governing body by March 1, 2023. The Racial Profiling law was enacted in 2001 by the Texas Legislature under Senate Bill 1074. Through the years the law has been revised and was done so in 2017 due to the Sandra Bland Act.