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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 25
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE CHAPPELL.
5085H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
WHEREAS, motorcycle ridership has continued to increase over time, with
2 registrations growing from 3,826,373 in 1997 to 8,600,936 in 2015; and
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4 WHEREAS, as of August 2016 the ongoing National Motorcycle Profiling Survey
5 2016, conducted by the Motorcycle Profiling Project, found that approximately one-half of
6 the motorcyclists surveyed felt that they had been profiled by law enforcement at least once;
7 and
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9 WHEREAS, motorcycle profiling means the illegal use of the fact that a person rides
10 a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related apparel as a factor in deciding to stop and question,
11 take enforcement action against, arrest, or search a person or vehicle, with or without legal
12 basis under the Constitution of the United States; and
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14 WHEREAS, complaints surrounding motorcycle profiling have been cited in all fifty
15 states; and
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17 WHEREAS, protests to raise awareness and combat motorcycle profiling have been
18 held in multiple states across the nation:
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20 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOL VED that the members of the House of
21 Representatives of the One Hundred Third General Assembly , Second Regular Session, the
22 Senate concurring therein, hereby:
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24 (1) Support increased public awareness on the issue of motorcycle profiling;
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26 (2) Encourage collaboration and communication with the motorcycle community and
27 law enforcement to engage in ef forts to end motorcycle profiling; and
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29 (3) Urg e law enforcement of ficials to include statements condemning motorcycle
30 profiling in written policies and training materials; and
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32 BE IT FUR THER RESOL VED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
33 Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for each
34 law enforcement agency in the state of Missouri.
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