AB 18

Under current law, as created in

2009 Wisconsin Act 28

(the biennial budget

act), law enforcement officers must collect, at each motor vehicle traffic stop made

after December 31, 2010, all information specified by rule promulgated by the Office

of Justice Assistance (OJA) in the Department of Administration (DOA). This

information must then be submitted by the law enforcement agency to OJA. OJA

must analyze this information to determine whether the number of motor vehicle

stops and searches involving racial minorities is disproportionate compared to

nonminorities. OJA was required to submit its proposed rules to the Legislative

Council staff by February 1, 2010. The biennial budget act also required DOA to

submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) that includes certain

information related to the development of a traffic stop information collection

system. System development cannot begin until JCF approves the report.

This bill repeals the statutory provisions of the biennial budget act relating to

the collection and analysis of traffic stop information and requires that, if the

development of a traffic stop information system has already commenced, this

system development must terminate on the effective date of the bill.

Current law, as created in the biennial budget act, also requires law

enforcement training programs to provide training designed to prevent racial

profiling or race-based discrimination as a basis for detaining, searching, or

arresting a person. The bill also repeals this training requirement.