The Garden City Police Department has been accused of racial profiling after a woman was arrested in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

After a year-long investigation, the Kansas Human Rights Commission has ruled that the arrest of Adaleena Garcia is a case of racial profiling.

Last year, Garcia was pulled over for having a faulty taillight. When the officers ran her driver's license number, the information came back registered to an Emporia man with outstanding arrest warrants and immigration violations.

Her teenage daughter watched in disbelief as officers patted down, cuffed and arrested Garcia.

As time went by, officers realized their mistake. They had entered the wrong license number.

"We found indeed it was the wrong person and we un-arrested her and apologized for the inconvenience of the brief detention."

Although her detention was brief, Garcia said that she is still emotionally traumatized by the ordeal.

"A year later, I still feel nervous when a police officer is around me..my stomach hurts my hands get shaky, but I think what I did was right and I'm helping other people speak because they're scared to tell on the police," Garcia said.

Garden City Police have filed an appeal asking the Human Rights Commission to reconsider its ruling.

"We disagree with the finding of profiling. While we feel errors were made in the incident-they don't rise to the level of profiling in any shape or form."

The Police Department said it is willing to take any of the Kansas Human Rights Commission's recommendations into consideration for adoption.

In the meantime, their ruling has given Garcia the right to proceed with a civil
lawsuit if she chooses to do so.