OH SB107

Designates racial profiling by law enforcement agencies or officers as an unlawful discriminatory practice under Ohio Civil Rights Commission jurisdiction, with racial profiling defined as selecting individuals for investigatory activities based on race, ethnicity, or national origin except when trustworthy information links a specific person to a criminal incident.

Requires each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy prohibiting racial profiling that includes training on racial profiling issues, procedures for receiving and investigating complaints, data collection provisions, and corrective action requirements for officers found to have engaged in racial profiling.

Grants the Ohio Civil Rights Commission access to the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) to collect and compile data on all routine or spontaneous investigatory activities beginning January 1, 2010, organized by race, ethnicity, national origin, and gender of subjects.

Mandates the Commission analyze collected data annually for significant disparities in stop rates, false stops, and search frequencies across racial and ethnic groups, with reports due by May 1 each year to the General Assembly, Governor, and Attorney General.

Requires law enforcement agencies to enter complete data on LEADS for each routine or spontaneous investigatory activity including date, time, location, whether vehicle searches occurred, and whether any items were seized.