122 F.Supp.3d 272
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Terry S. JOHNSON, in his official capacity as Alamance County Sheriff, Defendant.
No. 1:12cv1349.
United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.
Signed Aug. 7, 2015.
122 F.Supp.3d 280
Michael J. Songer, Anika Gzifa, Jude Volek, Silvia J. Dominguez–Reese, Timothy Mygatt, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.
S.C. Kitchen, Karlene S. Turrentine, Turrentine Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, for Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| I. | FINDINGS OF FACT | 282 |
| A. | Alamance County | 282 |
| 1. | Population and Demographics of Alamance County | 282 |
| 2. | Law Enforcement Challenges in Alamance County | 283 |
| B. | ACSO and Sheriff Johnson | 285 |
| 1. | The Introduction and Implementation of ICE's 287(g) Program in Alamance County | 285 |
| a. | 287(g) Program's TFO | 286 |
| b. | Termination of TFO Position | 289 |
| c. | Gun Permit Investigations | 290 |
| d. | ACSO's Processing and Booking Procedures | 291 |
| e. | Fairness Alamance | 294 |
| 2. | ACSO Arrest Policy and Practice | 295 |
| 3. | Orders to Target Hispanics | 297 |
| 4. | ACSO Checkpoint Policy and Implementation | 298 |
| 5. | ACSO's Stops and Searches | 302 |
| a. | Particular Stops | 302 |
| b. | Statistical Evidence | 304 |
| i. | Dr. John Lamberth | 304 |
| ii. | Dr. John MacDonald | 307 |
| (a) | Post–Stop Outcome Study | 309 |
| (b) | "Hit–Rate" Study | 310 |
| iii. | Officer Mark Dockery and ACSO Data on Searches Not Incident to Arrest | 311 |
| iv. | Dr. David Banks | 312 |
| (a) | ACSO's Checkpoint Siting | 313 |
