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The Department of State Police shall not establish a formal or informal quota\nthat requires a police officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a\nspecific number of summonses within a designated period of time.\n\nB. The Department of State Police shall not use the number of arrests made or\nsummonses issued by a police officer as the sole criterion for evaluating an\nofficer&#8217;s job performance.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department of State Police from\ncollecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of\narrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, cc. 208, 209.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}