as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/23/2017 04:32pm
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Introduction | Posted on 02/02/2017 |
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; prohibiting the use of certain traffic stop-related
information as criteria for peace officer job performance; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, sections 169.985; 299D.08.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.985, is amended to read:
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
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299D.08, is amended to read:
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