General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 600
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2471
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 600
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2471
*02471*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALVIN W. PENN RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITION ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 54-1m of the general statutes be amended to extend the provisions of the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act to cover pedestrian stops.
Statement of Purpose:
To extend the provisions of the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act to cover pedestrian stops and thereby provide a more complete view of racial profiling in a community and to further provide a data-focused view into police interactions with youth who most often encounter law enforcement during such stops.