SF 2423

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 04/27/2021 09:16am

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 2020, sections 169.985; 299D.08.

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