2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
Chapter 131 - Preliminary Provisions; Limitations; Jurisdiction; Venue; Criminal Forfeiture; Crime Prevention
Section 131.920 - 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]
