information collected under Subdivision (6) to:
(A) the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education; and
(B) the governing body of each county or
municipality served by the agency, if the agency is an agency of a
county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state.
(d) On adoption of a policy under Subsection (b), a law
enforcement agency shall examine the feasibility of installing
video camera and transmitter-activated equipment in each agency law
enforcement motor vehicle regularly used to make motor vehicle
[traffic] stops and transmitter-activated equipment in each agency
law enforcement motorcycle regularly used to make motor vehicle
[traffic] stops. If a law enforcement agency installs video or
audio equipment as provided by this subsection, the policy adopted
by the agency under Subsection (b) must include standards for
reviewing video and audio documentation.
(e) A report required under Subsection (b)(7) may not
include identifying information about a peace officer who makes a
motor vehicle [traffic] stop or about an individual who is stopped
or arrested by a peace officer. This subsection does not affect the
collection of information as required by a policy under Subsection
(b)(6).
(g) On a finding by the Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education that the chief administrator of a
law enforcement agency intentionally failed to submit a report
required under Subsection (b)(7), the commission shall begin
disciplinary procedures against the chief administrator.
SECTION ____. Article 2.133, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 2.133. REPORTS REQUIRED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE [TRAFFIC AND
PEDESTRIAN] STOPS. (a) In this article, "race[:
[(1) "Race] or ethnicity" has the meaning assigned by
Article 2.132(a).
[(2) "Pedestrian stop" means an interaction between a
peace officer and an individual who is being detained for the
purpose of a criminal investigation in which the individual is not
under arrest.]
(b) A peace officer who stops a motor vehicle for an alleged
violation of a law or ordinance [regulating traffic or who stops a
pedestrian for any suspected offense] shall report to the law
enforcement agency that employs the officer information relating to
the stop, including:
(1) a physical description of any [each] person
operating the motor vehicle who is detained as a result of the stop,
including:
(A) the person's gender; and
(B) the person's race or ethnicity, as stated by
the person or, if the person does not state the person's race or
ethnicity, as determined by the officer to the best of the officer's
ability;
(2) the initial reason for the stop [traffic law or
ordinance alleged to have been violated or the suspected offense];
(3) whether the officer conducted a search as a result
of the stop and, if so, whether the person detained consented to the
search;
(4) whether any contraband or other evidence was
discovered in the course of the search and a description [the type]
of the contraband or evidence [discovered];
(5) the reason for the search, including whether:
(A) any contraband or other evidence was in plain
view;