Complete the attached forms to make a complaint on a Monahans Police Department Employee.
BIAS BASED POLICING COMPLAINT
About Bias-Based Policing
Definitions
Biased Policing: A law enforcement initiated action based solely on an individual's race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, economic status, age, cultural group, or any other identifiable group rather than on the individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual as having engaged in criminal activity. The term is not relevant as it pertains to witnesses, complainants, persons needing assistance, or other citizen contacts.
The prohibition against biased policing does not preclude the use of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, economic status, age, cultural group, or any other identifiable group as factors in a detention decision by a police officer. These may be legitimate factors in such a decision when used as part of a description of a suspect or witness for whom a police officer is searching.
Reasonable suspicion: Also known as articulable suspicion. Suspicion that is more than a mere hunch, but is based on a set of articulable facts and circumstances that would warrant a person of reasonable caution in believing that an infraction of the law has been committed, is about to be committed, or is in the process of being committed, by the person or persons under suspicion. This can be based on the observations of a police officer combined with his or her training and experience, and/or reliable information received from credible outside sources.
Criminal Profiling: An investigative method in which an officer, through observation of activities and environment, identifies suspicious people and develops a legal basis to stop them for questioning.
Prohibition
Monahans Police Officers are strictly prohibited from engaging in bias based policing.
Complaint Process
Any person who believes that a police officer employed by the Monahans Police Department has engaged in bias-based policing with respect to that person may file a complaint with the Department, and no person shall be discouraged, intimidated, or coerced from filing such a complaint, or be discriminated against because they have filed such a complaint.
For Additional Information
Contact Captain Stormey Laws or Lieutenant Xavier Ramon
(432) 943-3254
