By Mr. Fresolo of Worcester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1432) of John P. Fresolo and David Holway for legislation to regulate the collection of data by police officers issuing citations for violations by operators of motor vehicles.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

John P. Fresolo

David Holway

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act clarifying the collection of data relative to traffic stops.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 228 of the Acts of 2000 is hereby amended by striking section 2 and inserting in place thereof the following section:

Section 2. The executive office of public safety shall work with

the department of state police and municipal police departments to

ensure that adequate efforts are being made to identify any

instances of racial and gender profiling by police officers in the

performance of their official duties and the elimination of such

racial and gender profiling.

SECTION 2. Said Chapter 228 is hereby further amended by striking out section 9 and inserting in place thereof the following section:

Section 9. Individual data required under this act shall be used

only for statistical purposes and may not contain any information