Bill Text: NY A01781 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the division of criminal justice services to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning instances of police brutality in the city of Rochester.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A01781 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01781-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1781

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 20, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MEEKS, CLARK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to direct the division of criminal  justice  services  to  study,
          evaluate,  and  make  recommendations  concerning  instances of police
          brutality in the city of Rochester

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this act, the following
     2  terms shall have the following meanings:
     3    (a) "Police brutality" means the use of unwarranted or excessive force
     4  or abuse committed by a police officer.
     5    (b) "Police officer" means an individual defined as a  police  officer
     6  pursuant to section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.
     7    (c)  "Covered  agency"  means  an  agency of any political subdivision
     8  maintaining a police force of police officers having jurisdiction within
     9  the city of Rochester.
    10    § 2. Study. The  division  of  criminal  justice  services  is  hereby
    11  authorized  and  directed  to conduct a study of police brutality in the
    12  city of Rochester. Such study shall examine, at a minimum,  the  follow-
    13  ing:
    14    (a)  All reported instances of police brutality in the city of Roches-
    15  ter occurring in the five years prior to the effective date of this act,
    16  and the nature of such instances of police brutality;
    17    (b) Trainings and other education being provided by  covered  agencies
    18  to  police  officers  employed  by  such  covered  agencies  on avoiding
    19  instances of police brutality; and
    20    (c) Any other steps that may  be  taken  to  decrease  the  number  of
    21  instances  of  police brutality committed by police officers employed by
    22  covered agencies.
    23    § 3. Powers. The division of criminal  justice  services  may  consult
    24  with  the  law  enforcement  misconduct investigative office established

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02604-01-3
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     1  pursuant to section 75 of the executive law and any other state or local
     2  office, agency, or department, and request  information  from  any  such
     3  entity that is relevant and material to the completion of this study and
     4  report.
     5    §  4.  Report. No later than one year after the effective date of this
     6  act, the division of criminal justice services shall deliver a report of
     7  the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section two of this  act
     8  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker
     9  of the assembly.
    10    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.