Section 1
(a) UNIVERSAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. All policing jurisdictions shall report the following information every twelve months to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") in the manner that agency shall prescribe by rule:
(1) The name, address, race and occupation (if known) of any person injured or killed by a firearm, taser, or other weapon designed to cause physical injury to, or which is used to subdue or control, persons, and which was fired by an officer of that policing jurisdiction.
(2) The name, address, race and rank of any officer who has shot or tazed a person with a gun or taser or other weapon designed to cause physical injury to, or which is used to subdue or control, persons during the preceding twelve months.
(3) Whether the police action described in subsection (1) of this section resulted in death, injury or medical treatment, specifying which, if any.
(4) The filing and disposition of any criminal or civil matters related to the use of force.
(5) The result of any internal investigation, including punishment, if any, meted out.
(6) The language minority status of any persons involved.
(7) Whether that officer has shot another person during his or her career as a police officer. If so, provide each instance, including, date, policing jurisdiction, reason for use of force, disposition of person targeted (legally and medically), and the disposition of any related criminal or civil matters.
(8) The number of shots fired at any person by any weapon during the course of police activities in the policing jurisdiction, including the type of weapon.
(9) The number of target or practice shots taken by the policing jurisdiction for training purposes during the preceding 12 months.
(10) The number of full-time and part-time employees of the policing jurisdiction.
(11) The number of times a police officer in the policing jurisdiction complained of physical injury requiring medical treatment because of interaction with the public in the course of police activities during the preceding twelve months.
(12) The number of times a person or his or her representative in the policing jurisdiction complained of physical injury requiring medical treatment or death because of interaction with officers in that policing jurisdiction in the course of police activities during the preceding twelve months.
(13) The number of felony arrests in the jurisdiction, including the race, ethnicity and language minority status of the arresting officer and the person arrested.
(14) The number of misdemeanor arrests in the jurisdiction, including the race, ethnicity and language minority status of the arresting officer and the person arrested.
(15) The number of other arrests in the jurisdiction, including the race, ethnicity and language minority status of the arresting officer and the person arrested.
(16) The number of traffic stops in the jurisdiction, including the race, ethnicity and language minority status of the officer involved and the person stopped.
(17) The number of Terry stops in the jurisdiction, including the race, ethnicity and language minority status of the officer involved and the person stopped.
(18) The racial, ethnic and minority language breakdown of the policing jurisdiction by percentage.
(b) To encourage accurate and prompt reporting, it is expressly provided that the report of any policing jurisdiction prepared pursuant to this Act may not be used as evidence against any individual police officer or officers in any civil, or administrative proceeding. Provided, however, that any information contained in the report that can be obtained elsewhere shall not be subject to this restriction.
(c) ONE-TIME UNIVERSAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT. All policing jurisdictions shall report the items described above in (a)(1)-(18) for each of the preceding five years to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") in the manner that agency shall prescribe by rule.
(d) Each Section 1 report will be signed by the police unit's commanding officer and, based upon information and belief, sworn to be true and correct. Failure to comply with the universal reporting requirements described above shall subject that policing jurisdiction to designation as a Federal Over-Policed Rights Act Jurisdiction and subject it to forfeiture of any or all federal funding or equipment. The Department of Justice shall have the authority to enforce Section 1 of this Act.
(e) The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall report the information provided pursuant to subsections (a)(1)-(18) each year to the public.
(f) DEFINITIONS. "Policing jurisdiction" shall include all state and local law enforcement entities of any size. "Weapon" or "other weapon" shall include any weapon used to subdue or inflict damage to a person.
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