AB 984

This bill clarifies that a person's presence in a geographic area that has a higher

rate of crime relative to other areas in the state or within a town, village, city, or

county may not constitute reasonable suspicion that would enable a law enforcement

officer to temporarily detain the person or search the person for weapons.

Under current law, if a law enforcement officer reasonably believes that a

person is committing, is about to commit, or has committed a crime, the officer may

stop the person and question him or her about his or her conduct. Current law allows

the officer, if he or she reasonably believes that he or she or another person is in

physical danger, to search the person for weapons during the questioning and, if any

weapon is found, to take the weapon until the person is either arrested or released

after questioning.

Under the bill, the person's presence in a high-crime area may not constitute

reasonable suspicion for a stop, a search, or a taking of a weapon.