Of the more than 3,500 traffic stops conducted in Kyle last year, roughly 531 of those involved a search of some kind, according to statistics provided by Kyle Police in February.

The statistics are part of a requirement from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) for law enforcement agencies to collect and report incident data. Information that is collected is the number of traffic stops conducted during the previous year, as well as how many citations were issued and the race of the p...