HOUSE BILL NO. 5969

July 22, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Anthony, Hope, Hood, Pohutsky, Pagan, Sowerby and Cynthia Neeley and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1968 PA 319, entitled

"An act to provide a uniform crime reporting system; to provide for the submitting of such report to the department of state police; to require submission of the report by certain police agencies; to require the reporting on wanted persons and stolen vehicles; to require the reporting of information regarding certain persons and unidentified bodies of deceased persons; to prescribe certain powers and duties of law enforcement agencies; and to vest the director of the department of state police with certain authority,"

by amending section 1 (MCL 28.251).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1. (1) The police department of each city or village, any duly constituted police department of a township, and the sheriff's department of each county, once each month upon on a date and form prescribed and furnished by the director of the department of state police, shall forward to the department of state police a crime report. Each reporting department shall report only on cases within its jurisdiction and upon which it is making, or has made, the primary police investigation. The report shall must be called the uniform crime report and shall must cover crimes reported and otherwise processed during the month preceding the month of the report. It shall The report must contain the number and nature of offenses committed, the disposition of such those offenses and such any other information as the director of state police shall specify specifies relating to the method, frequency, cause, and prevention of crime. Under no circumstances shall must the name of any person be reported.

(2) In addition to the information described in subsection (1), the report must include all of the following:

(a) The number of civilian stops made by the officers of the department submitting the report.

(b) The number of shooting incidents involving officers of the department submitting the report.

(c) All incidents of use of force involving officers of the department submitting the report.

(d) The racial, ethnic, and gender demographic data, or disability status of the individuals who were subject to subdivisions (a) to (c) by the officers of the department submitting the report.

(e) The badge number of each officer of the department who engaged in the conduct described under subdivisions (a) to (c).

(f) The racial demographics of the officers of the department who engaged in the conduct described under subdivisions (a) to (c).

(g) The date and location of each incident described in subdivisions (a) to (c).

(3) The department of state police shall publish the reports received under subsection (1) on its website.