2017 ORS 131.920¹

Policies and procedures prohibiting profiling

(1) All law enforcement agencies shall have written policies and procedures prohibiting profiling. The policies and procedures shall, at a minimum, include:

(a) A prohibition on profiling;

(b) Procedures allowing a complaint alleging profiling to be made to the agency:

(A) In person;

(B) In a writing signed by the complainant and delivered by hand, postal mail, facsimile or electronic mail; or

(C) By telephone, anonymously or through a third party;

(c) The provision of appropriate forms to use for submitting complaints alleging profiling;

(d) Procedures for submitting a copy of each profiling complaint to the Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee and for receiving profiling complaints forwarded from the committee; and

(e) Procedures for investigating all complaints alleging profiling.

(2) A law enforcement agency shall:

(a) Investigate all complaints alleging profiling that are received by the agency or forwarded from the committee.

(b) Accept for investigation a complaint alleging profiling that is made to the agency within 180 days of the alleged profiling incident.

(c) Respond to every complaint alleging profiling within a reasonable time after the conclusion of the investigation. The response must contain a statement of the final disposition of the complaint. [2015 c.681 §2; 2015 c.681 §6; 2017 c.706 §7]