Bill Text: NY A02349 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 2349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Directs the municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to the investigation of and intervention into sex offenses; provides for recommendations to the governor relating to rules and regulations therefor; directs the office of court administration to provide training to judges and justices with respect to crimes involving sexual assault.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-23 - signed chap.506 [A02349 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02349-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                                               Cal. No. 145
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN,  BING, JAFFEE, MARKEY, P. RIVERA,
         ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL, LAVINE, SPANO, ENGLEBRIGHT --  Multi-Sponsored  by
         -- M. of A. CROUCH, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Governmental Operations -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the
         Senate, recalled from the Senate,  vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the munici-
         pal police training council to establish policies and  procedures  for
         the  investigation of sex offenses and intervention by police officers
         into the commission of such offenses; and to amend the judiciary  law,
         in  relation  to  providing training for judges and justices on crimes
         involving sexual assault
         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 4 to read as follows:
    3    4. THE COUNCIL SHALL, IN ADDITION:
    4    (A)  DEVELOP,  MAINTAIN  AND  DISSEMINATE,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH RAPE
    5  CRISIS CENTERS EXPERIENCED IN ASSISTING VICTIMS IN THIS  STATE,  WRITTEN
    6  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  CONSISTENT  WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE
    7  FAMILY COURT ACT, DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW AND THE
    8  PENAL LAW, REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION OF AND INTERVENTION  BY  NEW  AND
    9  VETERAN  POLICE  OFFICERS IN CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT. SUCH POLI-
   10  CIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING  OF
   11  NEW  AND VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS IN THE INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF
   12  CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT  UNDER  STATE  LAW,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
   13  LIMITED TO:
   14    (1) TECHNIQUES FOR INTERVIEWING SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS,
   15    (2)  FAIR  TREATMENT  STANDARDS  FOR CRIME VICTIMS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
   16  TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER,
   17    (3) EVIDENCE GATHERING AND EVIDENCE PRESERVATION, AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (4) DISSEMINATION OF  INFORMATION  CONCERNING  AVAILABILITY  OF  LOCAL
    2  SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS OF SUCH CRIMES; AND
    3    (B)  RECOMMEND  TO THE GOVERNOR, RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
    4  ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON  AN  ONGOING  BASIS  OF  A  TRAINING
    5  PROGRAM  FOR  ALL CURRENT AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE POLICIES
    6  AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALONG  WITH
    7  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERIODIC RETRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS.
    8    S  2.  The  judiciary  law is amended by adding a new section 219-c to
    9  read as follows:
   10    S 219-C. CRIMES  INVOLVING  SEXUAL  ASSAULT;  JUDICIAL  TRAINING.  THE
   11  OFFICE  OF  COURT  ADMINISTRATION  SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND
   12  JUSTICES WITH RESPECT TO CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
   13    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   14  have become a law.