SB21 Summary

• Prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in traffic stops based solely on the racial or ethnic status of motorists and defines racial profiling as detention or disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity.

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

• Mandates law enforcement agencies to record and retain statistics on traffic stops including number of persons stopped, characteristics of persons and officers (based on officer observation), type of violation, and whether warnings, citations, arrests, or searches resulted, with annual reports to the Attorney General.

• Establishes complaint procedures allowing persons to report suspected racial profiling and requires agencies to provide complaint copies and disposition information to the Attorney General's Office.

• Creates requirements for county and municipal law enforcement agencies and state agencies to adopt policies and forms documenting serious injuries to officers in the line of duty, with data compiled by the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.