City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Columbia Police Chief's Vehicle Stop Committee  
Conference Room 1C -  
Tuesday, October 10, 2023  
6:00 PM  
City Hall - 701 E.  
Broadway  
I. 6:00 PM CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Toni Dukes-Larkins called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. A quorum was  
established.  
4 - Robert Aulgur, Toni Dukes Larkins, Tabitha Juneau and Derek Moore  
Present:  
Absent:  
2 - Pamela Hardin and Chris Horn  
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Accept the agenda as submitted.  
4 - Aulgur, Dukes Larkins, Juneau and Moore  
2 - Hardin and Horn  
Yes:  
Absent:  
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Draft Committee Minutes - Aug. 8, 2023  
Accept the August 8, 2023 minutes as submitted.  
4 - Aulgur, Dukes Larkins, Juneau and Moore  
Yes:  
2 - Hardin and Horn  
Absent:  
IV. 6:10 PM OLD BUSINESS  
Bob asked for the names of active Committee members and if the City  
Manager planned to name a new Police Chief in November. Members  
include Bob Aulgur, Toni Dukes-Larkins, Pam Hardin, Chris Horn and  
Derek Moore. The City Manager is expected to name a new Chief some  
time in November.  
V. NEW BUSINESS  
2022 Vehicle Stop Data: Updated Analysis  
Tabitha shared a new analysis of CPD’s 2022 vehicle stop data, limited to  
what information was available to her. Some data that was available for a  
2018 analysis was not available for her update. Thus, there was not  
enough data to determine if the presence of various factors was statistically  
significant.  
The contraband hit rate might be a useful measure. A hit rate of 100% for  
all such searches is considered efficient, and Columbia’s total average for  
2022 is around 54% for all races. When asked what drives his decision to  
search, Derek noted that when a stop is made, the driver is identified and  
their record checked for a heavy history of drugs or criminal activity. It was  
suggested that, except for 2019, probable cause searches might be  
declining due to former Chief Jones’ response to Committee  
recommendations.  
Members discussed how probable cause and reasonable suspicion affect  
decisions to make stops. Probable cause is different for police than it is  
for judges. For an officer, it may not be 100% assurance, but is likely  
based on everything in front of the officer. A judge has to get to certainty.  
Tabitha noted that the analysis provides summary, and not causal, data  
because the relationships in the data are not clear. It would be helpful to  
get: 1) CPD incident data for 2014 - 2020 that includes information on  
beats where stops take place; and 2) data for all years (2012 - 2022) that  
includes information on police division, such as traffic, patrol or other.  
The Committee will ask the CPD Interim Chief to provide requested data for  
further analysis.  
4 - Aulgur, Dukes Larkins, Juneau and Moore  
2 - Hardin and Horn  
Yes:  
Absent:  
VI. 7:20 PM GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
There were no public comments.  
VII. NEXT MEETING DATE - NOVEMBER 14, 2023  
Motion to adjourn.  
4 - Aulgur, Dukes Larkins, Juneau and Moore  
2 - Hardin and Horn  
Yes:  
Absent:  
VIII. 7:30 PM ADJOURNMENT  
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