NASHVILLE – Tennessee police agencies would be required to implement written policies banning racial profiling under a bill that passed the Senate late this afternoon.
The “Racial Profiling Prevention Act,” sponsored by Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, passed 28-0.
It is one of several proposed bills introduced in the Legislature this year as result of last summer’s shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., by a town policeman.
“”Racial profiling has no place in law enforcement in this state,” Kelsey told colleagues. “Senate Bill 6 would ensure that is the case. This is an idea whose time has come.”
The bill now goes to the House.