§ 31-21.2-2 Findings. – (a) Municipal and state law enforcement officers play a vital role inprotecting the public from crime. The vast majority of police officersdischarge their duties professionally and without bias.
(b) The use by police officers of race, ethnicity, ornational origin solely in deciding which persons should be subject to trafficstops, searches and seizures is improper.
(c) In many communities nonwhite drivers in Rhode Island,subjected to discretionary searches, are twice as likely as whites to besearched.
(d) In some instances, law enforcement practices may have theunintended effect of promoting racially disparate stops and searches.
(e) Racial profiling harms individuals subjected to itbecause they experience fear, anxiety, humiliation, anger, resentment andcynicism when they are unjustifiably treated as criminal suspects.
(f) Racial profiling damages law enforcement and the criminaljustice system as a whole by undermining public confidence and trust in thepolice, the courts, and criminal law, and thereby undermining law enforcementefforts and ability to solve and reduce crime.
(g) A comprehensive solution is needed to address racialprofiling at the state and local levels.
§ 31-21.2-2 Findings. – (a) Municipal and state law enforcement officers play a vital role inprotecting the public from crime. The vast majority of police officersdischarge their duties professionally and without bias.
(b) The use by police officers of race, ethnicity, ornational origin solely in deciding which persons should be subject to trafficstops, searches and seizures is improper.
(c) In many communities nonwhite drivers in Rhode Island,subjected to discretionary searches, are twice as likely as whites to besearched.
(d) In some instances, law enforcement practices may have theunintended effect of promoting racially disparate stops and searches.
(e) Racial profiling harms individuals subjected to itbecause they experience fear, anxiety, humiliation, anger, resentment andcynicism when they are unjustifiably treated as criminal suspects.
(f) Racial profiling damages law enforcement and the criminaljustice system as a whole by undermining public confidence and trust in thepolice, the courts, and criminal law, and thereby undermining law enforcementefforts and ability to solve and reduce crime.
(g) A comprehensive solution is needed to address racialprofiling at the state and local levels.
§ 31-21.2-2 Findings. – (a) Municipal and state law enforcement officers play a vital role inprotecting the public from crime. The vast majority of police officersdischarge their duties professionally and without bias.
(b) The use by police officers of race, ethnicity, ornational origin solely in deciding which persons should be subject to trafficstops, searches and seizures is improper.
(c) In many communities nonwhite drivers in Rhode Island,subjected to discretionary searches, are twice as likely as whites to besearched.
(d) In some instances, law enforcement practices may have theunintended effect of promoting racially disparate stops and searches.
(e) Racial profiling harms individuals subjected to itbecause they experience fear, anxiety, humiliation, anger, resentment andcynicism when they are unjustifiably treated as criminal suspects.
(f) Racial profiling damages law enforcement and the criminaljustice system as a whole by undermining public confidence and trust in thepolice, the courts, and criminal law, and thereby undermining law enforcementefforts and ability to solve and reduce crime.
(g) A comprehensive solution is needed to address racialprofiling at the state and local levels.
