Bill Text: NY A01648 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of police of a city having a population of one million or more persons to institute a demonstration program requiring the use of video recording devices which shall be worn as part of the required uniform of law enforcement personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [A01648 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01648-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1648 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to require the commissioner of police of a city having a popu- lation of one million or more persons to institute a demonstration program requiring the use of video recording devices which shall be worn as part of the required uniform of law enforcement personnel; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. In a city having a population of one million or more 2 persons, the commissioner of police shall institute a demonstration 3 program and formulate and adopt rules and procedures requiring the use 4 of video recording devices which shall be worn as part of the required 5 uniform of law enforcement personnel. Such use shall be required for the 6 duration of a four year demonstration program which shall be implemented 7 citywide. The commissioner of police shall consult with a panel as 8 described herein to develop a process and schedule for precincts to be 9 selected for participation and to establish the required capabilities of 10 the recording devices. Such panel shall be limited to any agency or 11 municipal or state department of competent jurisdiction and no less than 12 three but no more than five not-for-profit organizations whose mission 13 includes the protection of civil rights and criminal justice reform. 14 § 2. During the first phase of the demonstration program, commencing 15 on October 1, 2016, at least twenty-five percent of all law enforcement 16 precincts in each such city shall be required to participate in the 17 demonstration program, provided, however, that the first phase shall 18 include those precincts with arrest rates higher than the countywide 19 average for the county in which they are located. By October 1, 2017, 20 fifty percent of all law enforcement precincts in each such city shall 21 be required to participate in the demonstration program and by October EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04743-01-5
