A. Fair And Impartial Treatment.
1. Biased policing is prohibited both in enforcement of the law and the delivery of police services by any employee.
2. Racial Profiling is prohibited both in enforcement of the law and the delivery of police services by any employee. Discriminatory pretextual stops are prohibited under state and federal law and are also prohibited by this chapter.
3. Employees shall exercise their authority and act to accord fair and impartial treatment to all persons.
4. Employees shall not consider individual demographics when performing law enforcement duties or delivering police services except when such characteristics are part of a specific subject description-based identification.
5. Employees shall not use any terms, language or remarks that are derogatory, tend to belittle, show contempt for or defame any individual demographic, except when necessary to include such terms, language or remarks used by another for the preparation of official reports or testimony.
6. Employees must be able to articulate reasonable suspicion or probable cause supporting any police action.
7. Employees shall not take any law-enforcement action based on information from members of the public or other employees that they know, or reasonably should know, under all circumstances present is the product of, or motivated by, bias based on individual demographics unless the circumstances indicate that harm is imminent or a crime has been committed.
B. Department Policies and Procedures Accessible to the Public. The Department’s General Orders shall be made available to the public through publication on the City’s website and hard copies shall be available upon request in accordance with Iowa Code Chapter 22. (Ord. 20-4841, 12-15-2020)