SB84 Summary

• Defines "traffic stops based on racial profiling" as the detention or disparate treatment of a motorist solely on the basis of race or ethnic status, and prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in such stops.

• Requires county and municipal police departments and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to adopt written policies prohibiting stops based on race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation by January 1 following the bill's effective date.

• Mandates law enforcement agencies record and retain statistics on all traffic stops including the number of persons stopped, observed characteristics of persons and officers, nature of violations, and outcomes (warnings, citations, arrests, or searches).

• Requires agencies to submit copies of complaints alleging violations to the Attorney General and file annual summary reports beginning October 1 of the second year after enactment.

• Allows the Attorney General to withhold funds from non-compliant agencies until they complete training on racial profiling, and requires the Attorney General to report findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by the fifth legislative day of the second year after enactment.