Bill Text: NY A09519 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the municipal police training council to develop, and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to implement, certain training requirements for police officers on the operation of police vehicles, including a minimum of 40 hours of training for new police officers and 4 hours of training for police in-service training courses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A09519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09519-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9519--A

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 20, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FAHY, SHIMSKY, GLICK, SIMON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to training requirements
          for police officers on the operation of police vehicles

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

     1    Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. The council shall, in addition:
     4    (a)  Develop,  maintain  and  disseminate,  in  consultation  with the
     5  department of motor vehicles, written policies and procedures  regarding
     6  the  operation  of  police  vehicles,  as defined by section one hundred
     7  thirty-two-a of the vehicle and traffic law, by  police  officers.  Such
     8  policies  and  procedures  shall make provisions for the training of new
     9  and veteran police officers on the operation of such police vehicles;
    10    (b) Recommend to the commissioner rules and regulations  with  respect
    11  to  the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a train-
    12  ing program for all current and new police officers regarding the  poli-
    13  cies and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with
    14  recommendations  for periodic retraining of police officers, which shall
    15  include:
    16    (i) a minimum of forty hours of training to be included in  the  basic
    17  course for police officers; and
    18    (ii)  a  minimum  of  four  hours of training to be included in police
    19  in-service training courses; and
    20    (c) Disseminate the policy promulgated in accordance with this  subdi-
    21  vision,  regarding  operation  of police vehicles by police officers, to
    22  all police departments in  this  state  and  develop  a  model  training
    23  program  for all current and new police officers regarding such policies
    24  and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision.
    25    § 2. Section 841 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    26  subdivision 10 to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14881-02-4
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     1    10.  Promulgate  rules and regulations necessary to implement training
     2  policies and procedures for new and veteran police officers on the oper-
     3  ation of police vehicles developed  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight  of
     4  section eight hundred forty of this article.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.