Oregon Statutes 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:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 131.920
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(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]