WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Thursday reintroduced the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2023 (ERRPA) that would ban discriminatory profiling by federal, state and local law enforcement nationwide. ERRPA (S. 1084) is designed to promote best practices in community-based policing to strengthen enforcement of the right to equal protection under the law, which is one of our most basic constitutional principles.
“Racial and religious profiling is a scourge to law enforcement that breeds distrust within communities, damages the reputation of all officers and far too often, takes lives,” said Senator Cardin. “While some of the more extreme cases of profiling are easier to recognize, we know that people face harsher penalties due to their race, religion, skin color, or country of origin each day. Our country is long overdue for a national policing standard that will protect the public an
Westminster Mayor Mona Becker announced this week that the city has received more than $5 million in federal grants that will allow the city to ensure a consistent water supply and to replace a water main on Route 27. Becker said the funding will result in “increased economic growth for the city.”