Part II

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Police adapt to growing Hispanic population

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part One of a two-part story on Oak Ridge’s growing Hispanic population.

Oak Ridge has its fair share of Mexican restaurants and Mexican food stores that many citizens enjoy.

But Oak Ridge also has a growing Hispanic population driving the city’s streets without driver’s licenses and operating vehicles which are often not properly registered.


And there are also concerns related to the absence of liability insurance.

Oak Ridge Police Department reports, in the past several months, show an increase in citations issued and misdemeanor arrests made in the Hispanic population.

“We probably have (an) average of three to five Hispanics a week in court,â€