CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT, MOTORCYCE PROFILING BILL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5242
62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session
Passed by the Senate March 5 , 2011 CERTIFICATE
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I , Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the
Senate of the State of Washington,
do hereby certify that the attached
is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5242 as
President of the Senate passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates
Passed by the House April 1 , 2011 hereon set forth .
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Secretary
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Approved FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
S-0379.1
SENATE BILL 5242
State of Washington 62nd Legislature 2011 Regular Session
By Senators Hargrove, Pflug, Kline, Regala, Harper, Carrell, Keiser,
Nelson, Sheldon, Conway, and Shin
Read first time 01/19/11. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
1 AN ACT Relating to motorcycle profiling; and adding a new section
2 to chapter 43.101 RCW.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW
5 to read as follows:
6 (1) Local law enforcement agencies shall:
7 (a) Adopt a written policy designed to condemn and prevent
8 motorcycle profiling;
9 (b) Review and audit their existing procedures, practices, and
10 trai ning to ensure that they do not enable or foster the practice of
11 mot orcycle profi ling;
12 (c) Institute training to address the issues related to motorcycle
13 profiling. Officers should be trained i n how to better interact wit h
14 persons they stop so that legitimate police actions are not
15 mispercei ved as motorcycle profiling; and
16 (d) Work with motorcycle groups in their communities to
17 appropriately address the issue of motorcycle profiling.
18 (2) The Washington associati on of sheri ffs and police chiefs shall
19 coordinate with the crimina l justice training commission to ensure that
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1 i ssues relat ed to mot orcycl e profiling are addressed in basic law
2 enf orcement training and offered in regional training for in-service
3 l aw enf orcement officer s at all levels.
4 (3) For the pur poses of this section, “motorcycle profiling” means
5 using the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle6
related paraphernalia as a f actor in deciding to stop and question,
7 take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle with or
8 without legal basis under the United States Constituti on or t he
9 Washington state Constitution.
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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5242
Passed Legislature -2011 Regular Session
State of Washington 62nd Legislature 2011 Regular Session
By Senators Hargrove, Pflug, Kline, Regala, Harper, Carrell, Keiser,
Nelson, Sheldon, Conway, and Shin
Read first time 01/19/11. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
1 AN ACT Relating to motorcycle profiling; and adding a new section
2 to chapter 43.101 RCW.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW
5 to read as follows:
6 ( 1) The criminal justice training commission shall ensure that
7 issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed in basic law
8 enforcement training and offered to in-service law enforcement officers
9 in conjunction with existing training regarding profiling.
10 (2) Local law enforcement agencies shall add a statement condemning
11 motorcycle profiling to existing policies regarding profiling.
12 (3) For the purposes of this section, “motorcycle profiling” means
13 the illegal use of the fact that a
14 motorcycle-related paraphernalia as
15 question, take enforcement action,
16 vehicle with or without a legal
person rides a motorcycle or wears
a factor in deciding to stop and
arrest, or search a person or
basis under the United States
17 Constitution or Washington state Constitution.
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