Public servants and police officers shall not exercise differential treatment of individuals in rendering police and other city services based on a person’s appearance, ethnicity, gender, immigration status, manner of dress, national origin, physical characteristics, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. A public servant, who is a police officer, shall not base reasonable suspicion for an investigative detention, probable cause for an arrest or any other police action, solely on a person’s appearance, ethnicity, gender, immigration status, manner of dress, national origin, physical characteristic, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. A public servant, who is a police officer, may take into account the reported appearance, gender, ethnicity and immigration status, manner of dress, national origin, physical characteristics, race, religious beliefs or sexual orientation for the purpose of identifying a described individual.
(Ord. 2008-1, passed 1-22-2008) Penalty, see § 38.999