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NY A11663

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/6/2010

Primary Sponsor

Adriano Espaillat

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Origin

Assembly

2009-2010 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits all state and local law enforcement agencies and officers from engaging in racial or ethnic profiling, defined as stopping individuals or vehicles based on race or ethnicity without reasonable individualized suspicion.

  • Requires all law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting racial or ethnic profiling and establish procedures for reviewing and addressing complaints by January 1, 2012.

  • Mandates law enforcement agencies to record detailed information on all traffic stops and frisks starting January 1, 2012, including suspect demographics, search results, citations, and arrests, with reports submitted annually to the Division of Criminal Justice Services.

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil actions for injunctive relief and damages against agencies engaging in racial profiling, and allows individuals who are victims of profiling to sue for injunctive relief and damages, with courts able to award costs and reasonable attorney fees to prevailing plaintiffs.

  • Directs the Division of Criminal Justice Services to develop a computerized public database of traffic stop data and publish annual reports for the Governor, Legislature, and public, while protecting individual identities.

Legislative Description

Relates to ethnic or racial profiling.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

7/6/2010

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations7/6/2010

Full Bill Text

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