(b) Data compilation.--In furtherance of the program, the
commission shall compile data collected from the time a
defendant enters the criminal justice system of the Commonwealth
by arrest, charge or other action, through the final disposition
of the defendant's case. The data shall include information
concerning the race, ethnicity, gender and age of the defendant
and be compiled in accordance with the standards of the
classification of Federal data on race and ethnicity established
by the Federal Office of Management and Budget. The data shall
include:
(1) Warrants, arrests, charges, filing of criminal
complaints and indictments.
(2) Dismissed or downgraded charges.
(3) Cases which proceed to trial and the disposition of
the cases, including convictions and guilty pleas.
(4) Admission to diversionary programs, including data
on program applications, and any prosecutorial or court
consent or denial for a defendant's entry into diversionary
programs.
(5) Cases involving victims, including the race,
ethnicity, gender and age of the defendant and victims in
those cases.
(c) Cooperation.--The Pennsylvania State Police, county
prosecutors' offices, the court, offices of Public Defender and
county and municipal police departments shall cooperate with the
commission in the implementation of the program and shall assist
in the collection, recording, compilation and provision of data
in furtherance of the program to the extent and in the manner
required by the commission.
(d) Disclosure.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
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