HF 244

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 01/21/2021 01:01pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; prohibiting the use of arrest quotas; prohibiting the use
of certain traffic stop-related and arrest-related information as criteria for peace
officer job performance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 169.985;
299D.08; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 169.985, is amended to read:

169.985 TRAFFIC CITATION QUOTA PROHIBITED.

A law enforcement agency may not order, mandate, require, or suggest to a peace officer
a quota for the issuance of traffic citations, including administrative citations authorized
under section 169.999, on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis. new text begin A law
enforcement agency is prohibited from using the number of traffic or administrative citations
issued, the number of traffic stops made, or traffic enforcement activity by a peace officer
as criteria to evaluate the peace officer's performance.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299D.08, is amended to read:

299D.08 TRAFFIC CITATION QUOTA PROHIBITED.

The State Patrol or a law enforcement agency shall not order, mandate, require, or suggest
to a patrol trooper, commercial vehicle inspector, or law compliance representative that the
patrol trooper, inspector, or representative issue a certain number of traffic citations on a
daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly quota basis. new text begin The State Patrol is prohibited from
using the number of traffic citations issued, the number of traffic stops made, or traffic
enforcement activity by a trooper as criteria to evaluate the trooper's performance.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [626.871] ARREST QUOTAS PROHIBITED.
new text end

new text begin A law enforcement agency may not order, mandate, require, or suggest to a peace officer
a quota for any type or combination of types of arrests or require or suggest to a peace
officer that the officer is required or expected to make a predetermined or specified number
of any type or combination of types of arrests within any specified time period. The law
enforcement agency is prohibited from using the number of arrests by a peace officer as
criteria to evaluate the officer's performance.
new text end