SB 756

This bill requires law enforcement officers who perform strip searches on jail

detainees to provide information related to the searches to the Department of

Justice. Under the bill, each law enforcement officer must make a record of each time

he or she performs or directs another person to perform a strip search on a jail

detainee who remains confined in the jail for fewer than 12 hours. The record must

contain a notation of the detainee's race, age, and gender, the reason he or she was

arrested, including any criminal charge filed against him or her, the reason he or she

was detained in jail, and the reason he or she was released from detention.

Under the bill, each law enforcement agency forwards the records to the

Department of Justice for analysis on whether the practice of strip searches of

detainees who are held for fewer than 12 hours in jail affects members of racial

minorities disproportionately. The bill requires the Department of Justice to release

its analysis and findings to the governor, the legislature, and the director of state

courts.