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TABLE 1. ALBANY PD ARREST AND LEAD DIVERSION STATISTICS BY RACE/ETHNICTY August 2019 April 1, 2016- August 31, 2019 RACE/ETHNICITY ARRESTS DIVERSIONS TOTAL DIVERSIONS DIVERSION RATE* Black 160 1 65 22.8 White 72 0 117 21.7 Hispanic 3 0 9 9.2 Asian 0 0 3 See Other Bi-Racial 0 0 1 See Other Other 6 0 0 8.1 TOTAL 241 1 195 *Total diversions by race divided by population by race multiplied by 10,000 TABLE 2. LEAD ELIGIBILITY STATUS OF ARRESTS – August 2019 BY RACE/ETHNICTY RACE/ETHNICITY Eligible* Ineligible Percent Eligible* Percent Ineligible Black 55 105 65% 67.3% White 27 45 32.1% 28.8% Hispanic 0 3 0% 1.9% Other 2 4 2.4% 2.5% TOTAL ARRESTED 93 162 100% 100% * Offense at the time of arrest and eligibility for diversion, prior to police screening for exclusionary reasons. For more information on LEAD eligibility see Albany LEAD Packets here. ---PAGE BREAK--- TABLE 3. GENDER AND AGE OF ARRESTED INDIVIDUALS FOR August 2019 Eligible Ineligible Average Age 33.0 32.0 Percent Male 78.6% 80.3% Percent Female 21.4% 19.7% TOTAL 100.0% 100% TABLE 4. CITY OF ALBANY 2010 POPULATION BY RACE/ETHNICTY RACE/ETHNICTY POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION BLACK 28,493 29% WHITE 54,039 55% HISPANIC 9,825 10% OTHER 4,913 6% POPULATION TOTAL 98,251 For more information including eligibility, see Albany LEAD packet here.