HB 131 — Prohibit law enforcement from using quotas for arrests, citations

As ReportedPassed by the House Public Safety Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session H.

Representatives Abrams, BrentBrent, Abdullahi, Baker, Barhorst, Bird, Brennan, Brewer, Brownlee, Callender, Claggett, Click, Cockley, Creech, Daniels, Dean, Deeter, Demetriou, Denson, Dovilla, Fowler Arthur, Ghanbari, Glassburn, Grim, Gross, Hall, D., Hall, T., Hiner, Holmes, Isaacsohn, Jarrells, John, Johnson, Jones, King, Kishman, Klopfenstein, Lampton, LaRe, Lawson-Rowe, Lear, Manning, Mathews, A., Mathews, T., McClain, Miller, J., Mohamed, Newman, Odioso, Peterson, Piccolantonio, Pizzulli, Plummer, Ray, Richardson, Ritter, Robb Blasdel, Roemer, Rogers, Russo, Salvo, Sigrist, Sims, Somani, Stephens, Stewart, Synenberg, Thomas, C., Tims, Troy, Upchurch, White, E., Williams To enact section 109.70 of the Revised Code to 1 prohibit law enforcement agencies from using 2 quotas for arrests and citations.

13 (b)H. A village marshal;

14 (c) The organized police department of a municipal 15 corporation;

16 (d) The organized police department of a township;

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14 (c) The organized police department of a municipal 15 corporation;

16 (d) The organized police department of a township;

17 (e) A board of township trustees that appoints a township 18 constable;

39 (3)H. "Quota" means a mandate of a finite number of arrests 40 made or citations issued for any offense that a local or state 41 police officer must meet in a specified time period.

42 (B) No law enforcement official or agency shall do any of 43 the following:

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131 Page 3 As ReportedPassed by the House Public(3) Safety"Quota" Committeemeans (1) Establish or maintain, formally or informally, a planmandate 45of utilizing a quotafinite asnumber theof basisarrests by40 whichmade toor evaluate,citations promote,issued 46for compensate,any transfer,offense orthat discipline a local or state 41 police 47 officer overmust whommeet thein lawa enforcementspecified officialtime orperiod. agency has 48 jurisdiction;

42 (B) No law enforcement official or agency shall do any of 43 the following:

44 (1) Establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan 45 utilizing a quota as the basis by which to evaluate, promote, 46 compensate, transfer, or discipline a local or state police 47 officer over whom the law enforcement official or agency has 48 jurisdiction;

67 (D)(1)H. The attorney general shall establish a form that 68 any local or state police officer may access on the web site of 69 the attorney general for the purpose of reporting the use of 70 quotas in violation of division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this 71 section by the law enforcement official or agency that has 72 jurisdiction over the local or state police officer.

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131 Page 4 As ReportedPassed by the House Public(D)(1) SafetyThe Committeeattorney receivinggeneral shall establish a report,form includingthat a68 reportany submittedlocal byor anstate 74police unidentifiedofficer complainant,may underaccess thison division,the web site of 69 the attorney 75 general shallfor investigate the allegedpurpose of reporting the use of 70 quotas in violation 76 of anydivision (B)(1), (2), or (3) of thosethis divisions71 section by the law enforcement official or 77 agency that ishas the72 subjectjurisdiction ofover the reportlocal andor whetherstate anypolice ofofficer. the 78 circumstances described in division (C) of this section apply.

Upon 73 receiving a report, including a report submitted by an 74 unidentified complainant, under this division, the attorney 75 general shall investigate the alleged use of quotas in violation 76 of any of those divisions by the law enforcement official or 77 agency that is the subject of the report and whether any of the 78 circumstances described in division (C) of this section apply.