SB 1071 Summary

• Prohibits peace officers from engaging in racial profiling, defined as reliance on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion in selecting individuals for investigatory activity, except when these characteristics are part of a reliable description of a specific suspect.

• Requires all law enforcement agencies to collect detailed data from each traffic stop and pedestrian stop beginning January 1, 2012, including information about the person stopped, reason for stop, searches conducted, consent to search, and any citations or arrests resulting from the stop.

• Mandates the Attorney General to analyze annual reports from law enforcement agencies using statistical analysis and submit findings to the Governor, Legislature, and each agency by June 1 each year, determining which agencies have engaged in racial profiling.

• Requires law enforcement agencies found to have engaged in racial profiling to provide annual training emphasizing the prohibition against profiling, including scenario-based instruction, foreign language training where appropriate, and mandatory supervisor participation.

• Imposes sanctions by prohibiting state appropriations to any law enforcement agency that fails to comply with the requirements of this article.