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Guidance Regarding the Use of Race for Law Enforcement Officers
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Review of Introduction and Course Overview

This Guidance was made effective by Secretary Ridge on June 17, 2003.

  • Racial profiling is the invidious use of race in law enforcement procedures.
  • Racial profiling is wrong and causes damage to the criminal justice system.
  • The President has decreed, "...we will end (racial profiling) in America".
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