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

   1. (a) A prohibition on profiling;

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

      1. (A) In person;
      2. (B) In a writing signed by the complainant and delivered by hand, postal mail, facsimile or electronic mail; or
      3. (C) By telephone, anonymously or through a third party;
   3. (c) The provision of appropriate forms to use for submitting complaints alleging profiling;
   4. (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
   5. (e) Procedures for investigating all complaints alleging profiling.

2. (2) A law enforcement agency shall:

   1. (a) Investigate all complaints alleging profiling that are received by the agency or forwarded from the committee.
   2. (b) Accept for investigation a complaint alleging profiling that is made to the agency within 180 days of the alleged profiling incident.
   3. (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]