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RACIAL PROFILING

The purpose of this policy is to comply with Oklahoma Statutes Title 22, Section 34.3, Section 34.4, and Section 34.5, regarding Racial Profiling.

It is the policy of the Enid Police Department to prohibit the use of race or ethnicity as a sole factor in determining probable cause or reasonable suspicion to justify the detention of an individual, or the investigatory stop or traffic stop of a motor vehicle or pedestrian.

Definition:

Racial Profiling: The detention, interdiction, or other disparate treatment of an individual based solely on an individual's ethnic or racial status.

Probable Cause: That which would lead a reasonable and prudent person to believe that a crime has been or is about to be committed.

Articulable Suspicion: Suspicion that a crime has been or is about to be committed that can be effectively explained/defended orally or in writing.

Procedure:

1. The race or ethnicity of an individual shall not be the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to take a person into custody or to arrest, detain, etc.,or in constituting a reasonable and articulable suspicion that an offense has been or is being committed, so as to justify the detention of an individual or the investigatory stop of a motor vehicle.

2. Racial profiling is a misdemeanor violation under O.S. Title 22, Section 34.3-.5. If a complaint of racial profiling is received it will be investigated pursuant to Article 17, Investigations of Police Officers, of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement with appropriate action being taken pursuant to such article.