Florida Senate - 2010 SB 1292
By Senator Wilson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to racial profiling; defining the term
3 “racial profiling”; prescribing responses that the
4 Attorney General may take upon the filing of a
5 complaint against a law enforcement officer or agency
6 which alleges racial profiling; providing an effective
7 date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. If an individual files a complaint against a law
12 enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, or both, alleging
13 racial profiling, which is defined as “unequal treatment of any
14 person, including stopping, questioning, searching, detention,
15 or arrest, solely or primarily on the basis of their racial or
16 ethnic characteristics, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or
17 socioeconomic status,” the Attorney General may respond to the
18 complaint by taking one or more of the following steps:
19 (1) Sending a written inquiry to the appropriate law
20 enforcement agency regarding the allegation and requesting a
21 written response or internal investigation, or both, of the
22 alleged incident of racial profiling.
23 (2) Initiating an investigation or policy review of the
24 named law enforcement agency by the Office of the Attorney
25 General.
26 (3) Referring the complaint to the Criminal Justice
27 Standards and Training Commission for a policy review of the law
28 enforcement agency or to the state attorney to conduct a
29 criminal investigation.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
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