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Monday, April 26, 2010

Arizona's Immigration Law and Grandpa secured a copy of the unofficial training manual

Under the recently signed Arizona law, police must stop people on “reasonable suspicion” that they might be undocumented immigrants. If they’re not carrying a valid driver’s license or identification papers, police could make an arrest.

The governor (Jan Brewer) pointed out, both in her statement and the executive order, that the new law prohibits police from using race or ethnicity as the sole factor in determining whether to pursue an inquiry. But she conceded that it does permit either to be used as one factor for an officer's consideration. And she defended the language. "We have to trust our law enforcement,'' Brewer said. "It's a simple reality.''

Vigilant Grandpa received a copy of an unofficial Law Enforcement Racial Profiling Training Manual from an anonymous source familiar with the program. The following cutouts will be placed in a variety of unmarked vehicles strategically parked along public roadways and public parking lots in and around the Phoenix area.

Law enforcement trainees will be given clues as to the general location of each vehicle and once located; each trainee will have 12 seconds to rate the “suspicious level” of each cutout and enter their “final answer” into the onboard profiling computer. NOTE: using a “lifeline” is not a provision in the new law.

Sampling of  "Profiling Cutouts" 
 










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