State: Indiana

Relates to annual review of law enforcement actions for bias,provides that the chief executive officer of a law enforcement department or agency in the state shall be the officer in charge of an investigation when there is a complaint made against, or an internal investigation of, as law enforcement officer involving bias or prejudice.

Relates to Byron Ratcliffe Sr. Racial Profiling Reform Act,honors the memory of Byron Ratcliffe Sr. by prohibiting law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling or conducting unlawful pretextual stops, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a detailed policy that defines the elements of racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops, requiring law enforcement agencies to collect certain data pertaining to stops made by law enforcement officers.

Relates to state police investigation of use of force,requires the State Police Department to investigate when a law enforcement officer uses force in attempting to apprehend or gain physical control of a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the person,requires the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer to cooperate with the department in its investigation, but not participate in the investigation, or conduct an internal administrative investigation.

Relates to police department budgets,requires a police department of a county, city, or town to report crime data to the criminal justice division of the state police department,prohibits a unit from reducing the police department’s budget except in circumstances of a unit that has a shortfall in property tax revenue within the two calendar years preceding the most recent certified budget and decreases the budgets of all of its departments by the same percentage for the ensuing year.

Relates to annual review of law enforcement actions for bias,provides that the chief executive officer of a law enforcement department or agency in the state shall be the officer in charge of an investigation when there is a complaint made against, or an internal investigation of, as law enforcement officer involving bias or prejudice.

Relates to demographic information for traffic stops,requires law enforcement officers to record certain demographic information regarding all individuals who are subject to traffic stops, including age, gender, race, and whether those individuals are issued a citation or a warning,requires law enforcement officers to report the demographic information collected to the State Police, Department Criminal Justice Data Division,requires the division to issue a report to the legislative council.

Relates to Byron Ratcliffe Sr. Racial Profiling Reform Act,honors the memory of Byron Ratcliffe Sr. by prohibiting law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling or conducting unlawful pretextual stops, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a detailed policy that defines the elements of racial profiling and unlawful pretextual stops, requiring law enforcement agencies to collect certain data pertaining to stops made by law enforcement officers.

Relates to investigators of sexual assault cases,requires certain training for sexual assault investigators,mandates that the law enforcement training board set specialized standards for training and investigating sexual assault cases involving adult victims.

Requires the law enforcement training board to establish a law enforcement misconduct database that gives the public access to information on disciplinary actions against law enforcement officers,provides that the database collects and publishes information from law enforcement agencies of certain entities,provides that the data base is limited to certain disciplinary actions.

Relates to state police investigation of use of force,requires the State Police Department to investigate when a law enforcement officer uses force in attempting to apprehend or gain physical control of a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the person,requires the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer to cooperate with the department in its investigation, but not participate in the investigation, or conduct an internal administrative investigation.

Relates to state police investigation of use of force,requires the State Police Department to investigate when a law enforcement officer uses force in attempting to apprehend or gain physical control of a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the person,requires the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer to cooperate with the department in its investigation, but not participate in the investigation, or conduct an internal administrative investigation.

Relates to demographic information for traffic stops,requires law enforcement officers to record certain demographic information regarding all individuals who are subject to traffic stops, including age, gender, race, and whether those individuals are issued a citation or a warning,requires law enforcement officers to report the demographic information collected to the State Police, Department Criminal Justice Data Division,requires the division to issue a report to the legislative council.