The body of a 71-year-old man was pulled from Cedar Creek Lake in Gun Barrel City Wednesday, after law enforcement officers responded to a call from a concerned citizen.
By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
The Henderson County Commissioners Court approved year 2020 racial profiling reports for three departments at a special meeting, Friday, in advance of the March 1 deadline.
The report detailing traffic stops made by law enforcement entities are required by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
The 2020 Henderson County Sheriff s Office report shows 1,759 contacts with drivers where either warnings or citations were issued. About 86% of the stops involved White drivers. There were 155 Black and 88 Hispanic drivers included in the stops. That was really down from the year 2019 by probably 1,000 stops, Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said.
The reason for the drop was fewer patrol deputies on the road due to COVID-19.