SB 192 Summary

• Prohibits law enforcement officers in Alabama from engaging in traffic stops based solely on the race, ethnicity, color, age, gender, or sexual orientation of motorists, effective January 1, 2014.

• Requires municipal police departments and the Department of Public Safety to adopt written policies prohibiting stops and searches motivated by race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation by January 1, 2014.

• Mandates police departments record and report traffic stop data beginning January 1, 2014, including the number of persons stopped, demographics of motorists and officers, nature of violations, and outcomes (warnings, citations, arrests, searches).

• Requires police departments to report all racial profiling complaints to the Attorney General with review and disposition information; the Attorney General must submit annual summary reports to the Governor and Legislature by October 1 of each year.

• Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold funds from non-compliant police departments until they complete racial profiling training; estimated fiscal impact is less than $50,000 annually.