The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them below, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BIASED POLICING: | Differential treatment in the performance of law enforcement duties or delivery of police services towards a person or classes of persons when one or more individual demographics was a motivating factor in the action taken. If a person’s individual demographics played a part in the employee’s decision, then that personal characteristic was a motivating factor of the action taken. |
FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TREATMENT: | Persons, irrespective of individual demographics, are treated in the same manner under the same or similar circumstances. Reasonable concessions and accommodations may be made, when dealing with individuals with physical, developmental or mental disabilities, injury, illness, deafness, blindness, substance abuse disorders or similar conditions, individuals whose primary language is a language other than English, individuals of various cultural backgrounds, and individuals of youthful age, or when information about a person legally necessitates different treatment. |
INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS: | Personal characteristics to include, but not limited to: race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, gender, sex, gender identity/ expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, immigration status, familial status, marital status, housing status, occupation, language fluency, cultural group, political status, or source of income, or any other identifiable characteristics. |
POLICE SERVICES: | Actions and activities that contribute to the overall well-being and safety of the public. These tasks include but are not limited to: crime prevention and investigation, preventive patrol, traffic control, traffic accidents, medical emergencies and lifesaving services, assistance at fire scenes, public information and education. |
RACIAL PROFILING: | That form of biased policing where a motivating factor of the action taken is based on an individual’s race, color, ethnicity, religion or national origin rather than on the individual’s behavior or on information of the type and kind customarily and reasonably relied upon in identifying the individual as having engaged in prohibited activity. Racial profiling includes but is not limited to vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle stops where race, color, ethnicity, religion or national origin was a motivating factor for the stop or enforcement action taken during the stop. |
SPECIFIC SUBJECT DESCRIPTION-BASED IDENTIFICATION: | A reasonably detailed physical description of the personal identifying characteristics of a potential suspect or victim, including but not limited to age, sex, ethnicity, race, or English language proficiency. (Ord. 20-4841, 12-15-2020) |