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| 7 | 7 | | LC000644 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE COMMUN ITY-- |
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| 16 | 16 | | POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Quezada, Bell, and Bissaillon |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 13, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Sections 31-21.2-6 and 31-21.2-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-21.2 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | entitled "Comprehensive Community-Police Relationship Act of 2015" are hereby amended to read 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | as follows: 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 31-21.2-6. Continued data collection. Data collection. 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or a 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | designee to be chosen by the department of transportation by January 1, 2017, is authorized to and 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | shall conduct a study of routine traffic stops by the Rhode Island state police and each municipal 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | police department in order to determine whether racial disparities in traffic stops exist, and to 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | examine whether searches of vehicles and motorists are being conducted in a disparate manner. 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b)(a) The office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | designee shall, no later than January 1, 2016 2026, develop a form or electronic equivalent to be 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | used by each police officer when making a traffic stop and/or search to record the data required 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | under this chapter, which form shall include for each motor vehicle stop and/or search, the race and 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ethnicity of the driver based on the officer’s perception, and the information listed in § 31-21.1-4. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the following data: 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) The date, time and general location of the traffic stop; 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) The race and ethnicity, gender, and approximate age of the driver stopped; provided 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | that, the identification of these characteristics shall be based on the observation and perception of 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | |
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| 44 | 44 | | the police officer making the stop and the information shall not be requested of the person stopped; 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) The reason for the stop; 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (4) Whether a search was instituted as a result of the stop; 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (5) The scope of any search conducted; 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (6) Whether the search was conducted pursuant to consent, probable cause, or reasonable 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | suspicion to suspect a crime; 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (7) Whether any contraband, including money, was seized in the course of the search, and 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | if so, the nature of the contraband; 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (8) Whether any warning or citation was issued as a result of the stop; 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (9) Whether an arrest was made as a result of either the stop or the search; 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (10) The approximate duration of the stop; and 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (11) Whether the vehicle is registered in Rhode Island or out of the state. 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (b) For those motor vehicle stops or searches where a citation was issued or an arrest was 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | made, the data collection form shall include a citation or arrest number. It shall also include the 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | name or badge number of the officer completing the form; provided, however, that the name and 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the badge number of the officer shall not be public. 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (c) The office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | designee shall advise the Rhode Island state police and each municipal police department of the 18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | date that data collection shall commence. Data collection shall begin not later than January 1, 2016 19 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2026, but may begin prior to that time upon notification to police departments from the office of 20 |
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| 64 | 64 | | highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its designee. 21 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (d) A traffic stop and search data collection card or electronic equivalent shall be completed 22 |
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| 66 | 66 | | for each routine traffic stop and/or searched by the Rhode Island state police and each municipal 23 |
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| 67 | 67 | | police department during the term of this study. 24 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (e) Upon commencement of data collection, and monthly thereafter, each municipal police 25 |
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| 69 | 69 | | department and the Rhode Island state police shall transmit to the office of highway safety of the 26 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Rhode Island department of transportation or its designee all forms or electronic data collected to 27 |
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| 71 | 71 | | date of motorists who were stopped and/or searched, and any other information the police 28 |
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| 72 | 72 | | department or the Rhode Island state police deem appropriate. Data collection shall continue for 29 |
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| 73 | 73 | | forty-eight (48) months following commencement of data collection. 30 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (f) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this section, each municipal department 31 |
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| 75 | 75 | | and the Rhode Island state police shall transmit all traffic stop and search data collected between 32 |
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| 76 | 76 | | July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2026 for analysis in the annual study required by § 31-21.2-10. 33 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (f)(g) Appropriate funding may shall be made available to implement the provision 34 |
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| 81 | 81 | | provisions of this chapter and completion of this the annual study shall be contingent upon such 1 |
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| 82 | 82 | | funding. Additional funding may be made available to the advisory committee established by § 31-2 |
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| 83 | 83 | | 21.2-13 to assist police departments, community groups and others in training, research, and 3 |
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| 84 | 84 | | community outreach to further the goals of this chapter. 4 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (g) The study shall include a multivariate analysis of the collected data in accordance with 5 |
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| 86 | 86 | | general statistical standards and shall be substantially similar to the study prepared pursuant to 6 |
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| 87 | 87 | | chapter 21.1 of this title. The study shall be prepared by an organization, company, person, or other 7 |
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| 88 | 88 | | entity with sufficient expertise in the field of statistics and the study of traffic stop data collection 8 |
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| 89 | 89 | | to assist with the implementation of this chapter, and chosen by the office of highway safety of the 9 |
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| 90 | 90 | | Rhode Island department of transportation or its designee. The study shall be released on an annual 10 |
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| 91 | 91 | | basis, with the first release not later than eighteen (18) months after commencement of data 11 |
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| 92 | 92 | | collection under this chapter. The report, findings, and conclusions submitted pursuant to this 12 |
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| 93 | 93 | | subsection shall be a public record. 13 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (h) The office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation, or its 14 |
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| 95 | 95 | | designee, shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 2 of title 37 in connection with its 15 |
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| 96 | 96 | | procurement of equipment and services necessary to the implementation of this chapter. 16 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (i) On a quarterly basis, a summary report of the monthly data provided by each police 17 |
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| 98 | 98 | | department and the state police for that quarterly period shall be issued. The report shall be a public 18 |
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| 99 | 99 | | record. The summary report shall include, at a minimum, a monthly breakdown by race, age, 19 |
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| 100 | 100 | | gender, and outcome for operators for each police department of the number of traffic stops made 20 |
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| 101 | 101 | | and of searches conducted. For those police departments collecting data through the use of mobile 21 |
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| 102 | 102 | | display terminals in police vehicles, the report shall also include a breakdown by race and outcome 22 |
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| 103 | 103 | | for operators. The report shall be released not more than ninety (90) days after the end of each 23 |
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| 104 | 104 | | quarterly period. No information revealing the identity of any individual shall be contained in the 24 |
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| 105 | 105 | | report. 25 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (j) Every law enforcement agency collecting data pursuant to this chapter shall ensure that 26 |
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| 107 | 107 | | supervisory personnel review each officer’s stop and search documentation and data results on a 27 |
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| 108 | 108 | | monthly basis to ensure compliance with all policies, prohibitions, and documentation 28 |
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| 109 | 109 | | requirements. 29 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (k) The head of every law enforcement agency subject to this chapter, or his or her 30 |
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| 111 | 111 | | designee, shall review the data on a regular basis in an effort to determine whether any racial 31 |
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| 112 | 112 | | disparities in the agency’s traffic stops enforcement exists, and to appropriately respond to any such 32 |
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| 113 | 113 | | disparities. It is understood that disparities may or may not equate to racial profiling. 33 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (l) An organization chartered for the purpose of combating discrimination, racism, or of 34 |
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| 118 | 118 | | safeguarding civil liberties, or of promoting full, free, or equal employment opportunities, and/or a 1 |
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| 119 | 119 | | governmental or quasi-governmental entity may seek appropriate relief in a civil action against any 2 |
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| 120 | 120 | | police department for failing to collect or transmit the data required in this chapter, and may be 3 |
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| 121 | 121 | | awarded its costs, including attorney’s fees, for bringing such an action. As a condition precedent 4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | to the filing of a civil action by an organization under this section, the organization shall send a 5 |
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| 123 | 123 | | notice to the office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its 6 |
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| 124 | 124 | | designee identifying the police department which is failing to collect or transmit the data and the 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | organization shall then allow fifteen (15) days to elapse. 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (m)(i) The office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | designee shall consult with community, police and civil rights representatives the comprehensive 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | community police relationship act (CCPRA) advisory committee established pursuant to § 31-21.2-11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | 13 in the development of the form required by subsection (b) and on at least a quarterly basis shall 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | consult on other issues that arise relating to the implementation and enforcement of this chapter 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | including the information generated by the issuance of the reports required by subsection (i) this 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | chapter. 15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | 31-21.2-7. Data collection and use. Data use and enforcement. 16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (a) Data acquired under this chapter shall not be used in any civil proceeding to establish 17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | or rebut an inference of discrimination except by court order or when otherwise admissible in 18 |
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| 136 | 136 | | accordance with rules of civil procedure. It is understood that disparities may or may not equate to 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | racial profiling. 20 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (b) All data collected and the reports and studies compiled pursuant to this chapter shall be 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | public, except information identifying any specific law enforcement officer. For those motor 22 |
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| 140 | 140 | | vehicle stops where a citation was issued or an arrest was made, the forms prepared pursuant to § 23 |
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| 141 | 141 | | 31-21.2-6(b) of this chapter shall include a citation or arrest number for reference. The data 24 |
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| 142 | 142 | | collection form shall not include the name or badge number of the officer completing the form. The 25 |
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| 143 | 143 | | report from the department of transportation or its designee shall not be officer specific. 26 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (b)(c) Any police officer who in good faith records traffic stop or search information 27 |
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| 145 | 145 | | pursuant to the requirements of this chapter shall not be held civilly liable for the act of recording 28 |
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| 146 | 146 | | the information unless the officer’s conduct was reckless. 29 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (c)(d) All police departments shall submit to the office of highway safety of the department 30 |
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| 148 | 148 | | of transportation, or its designee, on an annual basis beginning on July 15, 2016, and for four (4) 31 |
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| 149 | 149 | | years following the conclusion of data collection, a report indicating what action, if any, has been 32 |
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| 150 | 150 | | taken, to address any racial disparities in traffic stops and/or searches documented in the studies 33 |
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| 151 | 151 | | authorized by §§ 31-21.1-4 and 31-21.2-6, and to otherwise implement any recommendations of 34 |
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| 155 | 155 | | those studies, including, but not limited to, any changes to agency policies; revisions to traffic 1 |
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| 156 | 156 | | enforcement practices; detailed analysis and review of traffic stop data and the results of such 2 |
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| 157 | 157 | | review; or the initiation of any disciplinary action. Any reference to disciplinary action shall not 3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | identify the officer. The office of highway safety of the department of transportation or its designee, 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | in consultation with the CCPRA advisory committee, shall issue guidelines for police departments 5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | to follow in preparing these reports the annual reports required by § 31-21.2-12, including 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | establishing a form for the certification of compliance to be verified under oath. The reports shall 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | be public records and shall contain a certification that the department has complied with § 31-21.2-8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | 6(j) and (k). 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (d) Every twelve (12) months, each state and municipal law enforcement agency shall 10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | submit to the office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation, or its 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | designee, on a brief form prepared by that office, or its designee, information summarizing what, 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | if any, actions were taken by the agency in response to any racial disparities documented in the 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | previous reports issued pursuant to § 31-21.2-6(i). The summary shall include, but not be limited 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | to: any changes to agency policies; revisions to traffic enforcement practices; detailed analysis and 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | review of traffic stop data and the results of such review; or the initiation of any disciplinary action. 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | Any references to disciplinary action shall not identify the officer. The forms shall be public 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | records, and shall contain a certification that the department has complied with § 31-21.2-6(j) and 18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (k). 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (e) An organization chartered for the purpose of combating discrimination, racism, or of 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | safeguarding civil liberties, or of promoting full, free, or equal employment opportunities, and/or a 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | governmental or quasi-governmental entity may seek appropriate relief in a civil action against any 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | police department for failing to collect or transmit the data required in this chapter, or for failing to 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | comply with the other requirements of this chapter, and may be awarded its costs, including 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | attorney's fees, for bringing such an action. As a condition precedent to the filing of a civil action 25 |
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| 180 | 180 | | by an organization under this section, the organization shall send a notice to the office of highway 26 |
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| 181 | 181 | | safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its designee identifying the police 27 |
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| 182 | 182 | | department which is failing to collect or transmit the data and the organization shall then allow 28 |
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| 183 | 183 | | fifteen (15) days to elapse before filing a civil action. 29 |
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| 184 | 184 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 31-21.2 of the General Laws entitled "Comprehensive Community-30 |
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| 185 | 185 | | Police Relationship Act of 2015" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: 31 |
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| 186 | 186 | | 31-21.2-9. Quarterly data reports by office of highway safety. 32 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (a) On a quarterly basis, a summary report of the monthly data provided by each police 33 |
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| 188 | 188 | | department and the state police for that quarterly period shall be issued by the office of highway 34 |
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| 192 | 192 | | safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or its designee. The summary report shall 1 |
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| 193 | 193 | | include, at a minimum, a monthly breakdown by race, age, gender, and outcome for operators for 2 |
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| 194 | 194 | | each police department of the number of traffic stops made and of searches conducted. For those 3 |
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| 195 | 195 | | police departments collecting data through the use of mobile display terminals in police vehicles, 4 |
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| 196 | 196 | | the report shall also include a breakdown by race and outcome for operators. 5 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (b) The report shall be released not more than ninety (90) days after the end of each 6 |
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| 198 | 198 | | quarterly period. No information revealing the identity of any individual shall be contained in the 7 |
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| 199 | 199 | | report. 8 |
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| 200 | 200 | | 31-21.2-10. Annual study and data interface by office of highway safety. 9 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (a) The office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of transportation or a 10 |
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| 202 | 202 | | designee to be chosen by the department of transportation shall, with input from the CCPRA 11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | advisory committee, select an organization, company, person, or other entity with sufficient 12 |
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| 204 | 204 | | expertise in the field of statistics, and expertise in the study of traffic stop and search data collection 13 |
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| 205 | 205 | | and/or the study of data related to racial disparities to conduct an annual study. 14 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (b) The study shall compile and examine data of routine traffic stops made and searches 15 |
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| 207 | 207 | | conducted by the Rhode Island state police and each municipal police department in order to 16 |
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| 208 | 208 | | determine whether racial disparities in traffic stops and searches exist, and to further examine 17 |
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| 209 | 209 | | whether searches of vehicles and motorists are being conducted in a racially disparate manner. The 18 |
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| 210 | 210 | | study shall include a multivariate analysis of the collected data in accordance with general statistical 19 |
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| 211 | 211 | | standards, and may include an analysis of data at and above the eighty-five percent (85%) 20 |
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| 212 | 212 | | confidence level. The study shall be substantially similar to the study prepared pursuant to chapter 21 |
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| 213 | 213 | | 21.1 of title 31, and may include a multi-year data analysis. The annual study shall not identify 22 |
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| 214 | 214 | | specific officers. 23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (c) Appropriate funding shall be made available to implement the provisions of this chapter 24 |
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| 216 | 216 | | and completion of the annual study shall be contingent upon such funding. 25 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (d) On an annual basis, the office of highway safety of the Rhode Island department of 26 |
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| 218 | 218 | | transportation or its designee shall present all data submitted in accordance with § 31-21.2-6 in an 27 |
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| 219 | 219 | | online interface designed to enhance public interaction with the data. In providing a visual 28 |
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| 220 | 220 | | presentation of the data, the interface shall allow for user-generated analysis of the stop and search 29 |
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| 221 | 221 | | data points required to be collected pursuant to this chapter. The interface shall generate analyses 30 |
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| 222 | 222 | | of the data such that the public may view the data by race or ethnicity in conjunction with any of 31 |
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| 223 | 223 | | the data points collected, and shall allow users to view the data statewide and for individual 32 |
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| 224 | 224 | | municipal law enforcement agencies both cumulatively and by year. Within one year of the 33 |
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| 225 | 225 | | effective date of this section, the interface shall include all the annual data collected since the 34 |
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| 229 | 229 | | effective date of this chapter. 1 |
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| 230 | 230 | | 31-21.2-11. Monthly review. 2 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (a) The head of every law enforcement agency collecting data pursuant to this chapter shall 3 |
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| 232 | 232 | | regularly review the agency-wide data in an effort to determine whether any racial disparities in 4 |
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| 233 | 233 | | the agency's traffic stops or searches exist, and to appropriately respond to any such disparities. 5 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (b) The head of every law enforcement agency shall ensure that supervisory personnel have 6 |
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| 235 | 235 | | conducted monthly verifications of each officer's stop and search documentation and officer 7 |
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| 236 | 236 | | specific data results to verify compliance, or document any noncompliance, with all policies, 8 |
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| 237 | 237 | | prohibitions, and documentation requirements. Such monthly verifications shall include whether a 9 |
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| 238 | 238 | | review of an officer’s stop and search documentation and data results indicate the presence of racial 10 |
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| 239 | 239 | | disparities. 11 |
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| 240 | 240 | | 31-21.2-12. Annual report by law enforcement agency heads. 12 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (a) The head of every law enforcement agency shall submit a traffic stop and search report 13 |
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| 242 | 242 | | which includes the information in § 31-21.2-11 to the office of highway safety of the department 14 |
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| 243 | 243 | | of transportation, or its designee, and to the CCPRA advisory committee on an annual basis 15 |
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| 244 | 244 | | beginning on July 1, 2026. 16 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (b) The head of the agency shall submit as part of each annual report, a certification of 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | compliance with this section, documentation of monthly verifications, and a summary of any racial 18 |
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| 247 | 247 | | disparities found through the review. 19 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (c) Additionally, the annual report shall indicate what action, if any, has been taken, to 20 |
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| 249 | 249 | | address any racial disparities in traffic stops and/or searches documented in each department’s 21 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ongoing data collection and, in the study authorized by § 31-21.2-10, and to otherwise implement 22 |
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| 251 | 251 | | any recommendations of the data collection and/or traffic studies, including, but not limited to: 23 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (1) Any changes to agency policies; 24 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (2) Revisions to traffic enforcement practices; 25 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (3) Detailed analysis and review of traffic stop data and the results of such review; 26 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (4) Steps taken to present the data and recommendations to the community; 27 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (5) The initiation of any disciplinary action; and 28 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (6) Where no remedial action has been taken in response to documented racial disparities, 29 |
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| 258 | 258 | | an explanation for the department’s inaction. 30 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (d) The annual report, including any reference to disciplinary action, shall not identify 31 |
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| 260 | 260 | | specific officers. 32 |
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| 261 | 261 | | 31-21.2-13. Advisory committee -- Establishment -- Duties. 33 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (a) The comprehensive community police relationship act (CCPRA) advisory committee 34 |
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| 266 | 266 | | is hereby established. The advisory committee shall consist of twelve (12) members: 1 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (1) One of whom shall be appointed by the governor; 2 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (2) One of whom shall be appointed by the senate president; 3 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (3) One of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house; 4 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (4) One of whom shall be the attorney general, or designee; 5 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (5) One of whom shall be the public defender, or designee; 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (6) One of whom shall be the director of the department of public safety, or designee; 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (7) One of whom shall be the executive director of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs 8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | Association, or designee; 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (8) One of whom shall be the executive director of the Rhode Island commission for human 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | rights, or designee; 11 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (9) One of whom shall be the executive director of Rhode Island for Community & Justice, 12 |
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| 278 | 278 | | or designee or other organization chartered for the purpose of combating discrimination, racism or 13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | of safeguarding civil liberties; 14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (10) One of whom shall be the president of the NAACP Providence branch, or designee; 15 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and 16 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (11) Two (2) of whom shall be community members. 17 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (b) The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years; 18 |
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| 284 | 284 | | provided, however, that with regard to the initial appointments, four (4) members shall be appointed 19 |
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| 285 | 285 | | for terms of one year; four (4) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years; and four (4) 20 |
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| 286 | 286 | | members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. Members may be reappointed, and their 21 |
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| 287 | 287 | | appointments shall continue until their successors are appointed. A vacancy other than by 22 |
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| 288 | 288 | | expiration shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment, but only for the unexpired 23 |
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| 289 | 289 | | portion of the term. 24 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (c) The members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation. 25 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (d) The governor’s appointee shall be the chairperson and a vice-chairperson and secretary 26 |
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| 292 | 292 | | shall be elected by the advisory committee members annually. All officers of the advisory 27 |
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| 293 | 293 | | committee shall serve until their successors have been duly appointed or elected. 28 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (e) The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly and at the call of the chairperson 29 |
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| 295 | 295 | | of the committee. 30 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (f) The advisory committee shall have the following purposes and duties: 31 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (1) Advise the office of highway safety of the department of transportation or designee on 32 |
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| 298 | 298 | | all matters pertaining to the duties and powers of the committee, including evaluating and making 33 |
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| 299 | 299 | | recommendations regarding plans, programs, and strategies relating to the CCPRA; 34 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (2) Provide input to the office of highway safety of the department of transportation or 1 |
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| 304 | 304 | | designee to choose an organization, company, person or entity to conduct an annual traffic stop and 2 |
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| 305 | 305 | | search study; 3 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (3) Advise the study consultant on the recommended design of each study; 4 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (4) Consult with the office of highway safety of the department of transportation or 5 |
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| 308 | 308 | | designee on guidelines for police departments to follow in preparing the reports required pursuant 6 |
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| 309 | 309 | | to § 31-21.2-7(d); 7 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (5) Receive, review and discuss each CCPRA study; 8 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (6) Receive, review and discuss each law enforcement agency’s annual report required 9 |
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| 312 | 312 | | pursuant to § 31-21.2-12(a); 10 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (7) Consult with the CAD/RMS board of advisors, as established in § 42-28.10-2; 11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (8) Recommend appropriate assessments for the studies; 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (9) Recommend policies for stops, searches and seizures; 13 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (10) Recommend appropriate enforcement mechanisms to address any study results; and 14 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (11) Promote the involvement and investment of the public in CCPRA research, the annual 15 |
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| 318 | 318 | | studies, and the work of the CCPRA advisory committee. 16 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (g) The office of highway safety of the department of transportation, or designee, in 17 |
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| 320 | 320 | | conjunction with the department of administration, shall provide space and secretarial services to 18 |
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| 321 | 321 | | the advisory committee without charge to the committee. 19 |
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| 322 | 322 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 20 |
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| 329 | 329 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 330 | 330 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 331 | 331 | | OF |
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| 332 | 332 | | A N A C T |
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| 333 | 333 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- COMPREHENSIVE CO MMUNITY-- |
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| 334 | 334 | | POLICE RELATIONSHIP ACT OF 2015 |
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| 335 | 335 | | *** |
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| 336 | 336 | | This act would amend the comprehensive community-police relationship act of 2015 to 1 |
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| 337 | 337 | | require an annual study by an outside agency chosen by the department with input from the CCPRA 2 |
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| 338 | 338 | | advisory committee on traffic stop and search data related to racial disparities and would require a 3 |
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| 339 | 339 | | monthly review and annual reporting by law enforcement agencies statewide on the traffic stop and 4 |
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| 340 | 340 | | search data. The act would also create a twelve (12) member CCPRA advisory committee to advise 5 |
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| 341 | 341 | | the office of highway safety on all matters pertaining to the committee's duties relating to stop and 6 |
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| 342 | 342 | | search data. 7 |
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| 343 | 343 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 8 |
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