Code of Maine Rules
26 - DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
239 - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - GENERAL
Chapter 500 - RULES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLECTION OF TRAFFIC STOP DATA TO ELIMINATE PROFILING
Section 239-500-1 - DEFINITIONS

1. "American Indian or Alaska Native" refers to origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America).

2. "Asian" refers to origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

3. "Black or African American" refers to origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

4. "Hispanic" or "Latino(a)" refers to origins in Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Latin American or Spanish-speaking countries.

5. "Law enforcement agency" means an agency in the State charged with enforcement of state, county, municipal or federal laws or laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe, with the prevention, detection or investigation of criminal, immigration or customs laws or with managing custody of detained persons in the State and includes, but is not limited to, a municipal police department, a sheriff's office, the State Police, tribal police departments, a university or college police department and the Department of Public Safety. "Law enforcement agency" does not include any law enforcement agency established pursuant to federal law.

6. "Law enforcement officer" means a state, county or municipal official or an official of a federally recognized Indian tribe responsible for enforcing criminal, immigration or customs laws, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement officer who possesses a current and valid certificate issued by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy pursuant to 25 MRSA c. 341 sec. 2803-A.

7. "Motor vehicle" is defined pursuant to 29-A MRSA c. 1 sec.101 (42).

8. "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" refers to origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

9. "Non-binary" refers to gender identity and/or gender expression outside of the gender categories of "male" and "female".

10. "Stop" or "Traffic stop" means any detention by a law enforcement officer of a motor vehicle for an alleged traffic infraction.

11. "White" in section II (3) below only refers to origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.