| 1992 — |
Maryland State Police stopped a black family in Cumberland on I-68.
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| 1993 — |
Racial profiling lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on behalf of family
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| 1995 — |
Settlement agreement took effect. Requirements include collecting racial data and other details about every search made during a traffic stop across Maryland. Searches made after an arrest are excluded.
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| 1996 — |
ACLU of Maryland filed a motion, alleging MSP violated the agreement along the I-95 corridor between Baltimore and Delaware.
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| 1997 — |
Federal district court judge issued opinion that orders MSP to collect data on all traffic stops along I-95.
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| 1998 — |
Second lawsuit filed by ACLU on behalf of Maryland State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and 15 individuals.
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| 2001 — |
In an action separate from lawsuits, the Maryland General Assembly issued a law requiring all police agencies to collect racial data for all traffic stops not involving radar or other technology.
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| 2003 — |
MSP and plantiffs reached a court-sanctioned agreement that requires MSP to develop a complaint hotline number, give drivers a brochure outlining how stops are conducted and who to contact if they have complaints, and to develop polices to combat racial profiling. The second lawsuit is continuing.
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