Vetoed proposal would keep Nevada traffic-stop reporting in place

Officers would record details about covered traffic stops, and agencies would keep the records and report them to the Department each year. The provisions cover stops that result in an electronic citation or a written citation or warning. Records include when and where the stop happened, the person's observed characteristics, the alleged violation, and how the stop ended, including any search or arrest. Electronic-system records apply when a citation is issued through that system. Written-citation records apply when an officer issues a written citation or warning. The Department may use collected information only for statistics. Identifying information it holds about officers and people stopped is confidential. Agencies would report each year's records by February 1 of the following year.

If it hires a reviewer who conducts a statistical analysis, the Department would send the results to state officials and a legislative body. The report would go to the Governor and Department, then through the Legislative Counsel Bureau to the next regular session in even-numbered years or the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary in odd-numbered years. The Department may hire a reviewer only to the extent money is available. The review would examine public information, including reported traffic-stop information, to look for patterns or practices of profiling. The reviewer would report by December 31 of the year the analysis is conducted.