Arrest and citation quotas prohibited

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    (a)    In this section, “quota” means the mandating of a finite number of arrests made or citations issued that a law enforcement officer must meet in a specified time period.

    (b)    A law enforcement agency may not:

        (1)    establish a formal or informal quota for the law enforcement agency or law enforcement officers of the agency; or

        (2)    use the number of arrests made or citations issued by a law enforcement officer as the sole or primary criterion for promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer.

    (c)    This section does not preclude a law enforcement agency from:

        (1)    using quantitative data for arrests, citations, and other law enforcement activities as management tools or in evaluating performance;

        (2)    collecting, analyzing, and applying information concerning the number of arrests and citations in order to ensure that a particular law enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers does not violate an applicable legal obligation; or

        (3)    assessing the proportion of the arrests made and citations issued by a law enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers.


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