WASHINGTON — Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, will propose today that the U.S. Department of Justice provide education and advice against racial profiling to state and local police.

        The bill would direct the Justice Department to encourage state and local police to end any discriminatory practices, develop policies to prevent racial profiling and help police with internal training programs.

        “Communities and law enforcement have a common interest in fighting crime. When there is mistrust between the two, the only winners are the criminals,” said Mr. Voinovich, who will sponsor the legislation with Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio.

        The announcement is timed to coincide with Attorney General John Ashcroft's appearance in Cincinnati on Friday for the signing of an agreement between the Justice Department and the city's police division on police conduct.

        Mr. Ashcroft is expected at a City Hall ceremony and news conference with city officials Friday morning.

        The Justice Department opened an investigation into the patterns and practices of the police division after riots last April over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen-ager. The civil rights probe concentrated on the use of force by police, as well as issues surrounding officer training and supervision.

        The Cincinnati investigation was the first by the Bush administration into the sensitive issue of police misconduct.

        The city, the police division and civil-rights activists also agreed this week after months of federal mediation to settle a lawsuit alleging 30 years of racial discrimination by police against minorities.

        Cincinnati police have been collecting traffic-stop data since last May as part of the city's response to the racial profiling lawsuit.

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