Policy Against Racial Profiling

Policies for specific states can vary. Kentucky has a policy against Racial Profiling. Their policy states that no state law enforcement agency or official shall stop, detain, or search any person when such action is solely motivated by consideration of race, color, or ethnicity, and the action would constitute a violation of the civil rights of the person (Kentucky General Assembly, 2010). They also gave the local law enforcement agencies a chance to modify the policy and get it approved.

The Houston, Texas Police department also enacted a policy to deal with racial profiling. Their policy has been modified, over the years and seems to give more specifics as time goes. As of 2010, the policy is no person should be targeted by law enforcement because of their gender or color of their skin. It also states that the department’s actions reflect the gravity of that responsibility to the citizens. The department also requires the collection of racial profiling data for motor vehicle stops and officers are required to document additional information such as the reason for initially stopping someone (McClelland Jr. & Parker, 2012).

There are other states who have policies against racial profiling. The policies do help at times, but other times even those who you think would abide by

Department of Justice is that it does include ones gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity, as I had stated before. The previous legislations simply had race/ethnicity. The U.S. Department of Justice also requires data collection, training on racial profiling, and accountability by agencies. This helps to ensure that agencies (FBI, police, investigators, etc.) are informed on what profiling is, to learn from their colleagues. It also helps to track the complaints that agencies get when it comes to racial profiling and helps to further research, and it makes the agencies be cautious about the decisions they