600-42 Racial Profiling Prohibited

Question 1

Discrimination in _____, including racial profiling, is strictly prohibited and the department shall take immediate and appropriate action to investigate allegations of discrimination.

Answer 1

any form

Question 2

Racial profiling pertains to ___ law enforcement initiated action based on an individual’s race, ethnicity, or national origin.

Answer 2

any

Question 3

Examples of racial profiling include, but are not limited to, the following:

Answer 3

Initiating a motor vehicle stop on a particular vehicle because of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of the driver of a vehicle.

Stopping or detaining the driver of a vehicle based on the determination that a person of that race, ethnicity, or national origin is unlikely to own or possess that specific make or model of vehicle.

Stopping or detaining an individual based upon the determination that a person of that race, ethnicity, or national origin does not belong in a specific part of town or a specific place.

Allowing race to enter into a criminal profile in which the characteristic activities being observed are likely to be conducted regardless of race.

Allowing a suspect’s race, given as part of a suspect description, to play an overly broad role in developing reasonable suspicion to support the detention of a person. The person detained should generally fit the totality of the description provided (i.e. a description that contains a particular race and gender shall not necessarily support detaining all persons of that race and gender).

Question 4

____ officers are required to collect racial profiling data when they conduct a motor vehicle stop.

Answer 4

All

Question 5

Officers shall enter the above data collected into one of the departments data systems by the end of each shift to “document” each concerned individual. The department currently has the following two methods of entry of such data:

Answer 5

The Records Management System Demographic Tracking Module

The handheld ticket writers

Question 6

Officers shall document the driver of every motor vehicle stopped by entering the required collected data into one of the above listed data collection systems. Additionally, any passenger who becomes part of the stop through _____, _______, or _________ shall be documented.

Answer 6

arrest, search, ticketing