BILL NUMBER: AB 953	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to racial profiling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 953, as introduced, Weber. Law enforcement: racial profiling.
   Existing law creates the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training and requires it to develop and disseminate guidelines and
training for all law enforcement officers, as described. Existing law
requires the training prescribe patterns, practices, and protocols
that prevent racial profiling, as defined. Existing law requires the
Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct a study of the data that is
voluntarily collected by jurisdictions that have instituted a program
of data collection with regard to racial profiling.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that revises the definition of "racial profiling" and
requires law enforcement departments to collect, analyze, and report
data on individual stops in order to identify and eliminate
unjustified racial disparities and bias.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that revises the definition of "racial profiling" and
requires law enforcement departments to collect, analyze, and report
data on individual stops in order to identify and eliminate
unjustified racial disparities and bias.