House OKs motorcycle profile ban

The House has voted unanimously in favor of HB 123 , Rep. Robert Anderst’s bill to ban “motorcycle profiling.” Anderst, R-Nampa, told the House, “For years, the motorcycle community has been working diligently to bring legislation to prohibit what are commonly referred to as profiling stops.” He said the bill does two things: Bans motorcycle profiling for the purposes of traffic stops, detentions or other actions; and defines it as “the arbitrary use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle, wears motorcycle paraphernalia. … In real terms, what is being asked is that law enforcement rely on conduct, not appearance or association, as a determination to initiate a stop of an individual”/ Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.