CT SB00364

Requires municipal police departments and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to adopt written policies prohibiting stops, detentions, or searches solely based on race, color, ethnicity, age, gender, or sexual orientation.

Directs the Office of Policy and Management to develop and implement by July 1, 2013 a standardized method for recording traffic stop information including date, time, location, officer identification, driver characteristics, violation details, and stop disposition.

Requires police departments to provide persons stopped with notice of their right to file complaints if they believe they were stopped based on protected characteristics, and instructions on how to file such complaints.

Establishes the Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board to advise the Office of Policy and Management on adopting standardized methods and guidelines for traffic stop data collection.

Mandates police departments report traffic stop data and complaints to the Office of Policy and Management annually starting October 1, 2013, with the office required to submit review results and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by January 1, 2014 and annually thereafter.