Bill Text: NY A02362 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires training and instruction for all police officers with respect to crimes involving sexual assault; establishes the office of court administration shall provide training for judges and justices at the New York state judicial institute with respect to crimes involving sexual assault.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to governmental operations [A02362 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02362-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2362
                              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. GIBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law and the judiciary law, in relation to
         requiring certain training for police officers with respect to  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 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING TRAIN-
    4  ING AND INSTRUCTION FOR ALL  POLICE  OFFICERS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  CRIMES
    5  INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.  SUCH TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION, WHICH SHALL BE
    6  DESIGNED  AND PRESENTED IN CONSULTATION WITH RAPE CRISIS CENTERS EXPERI-
    7  ENCED IN ASSISTING VICTIMS IN THIS STATE,  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
    8  LIMITED  TO UNDERSTANDING RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE TRAUMA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
    9  ISSUES CONFRONTED BY SUCH CRIME VICTIMS, COMMON ATTRIBUTES OF OFFENDERS,
   10  FAIR  TREATMENT  STANDARDS  FOR  CRIME  VICTIMS  PURSUANT   TO   ARTICLE
   11  TWENTY-THREE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  EVIDENCE  GATHERING  AND  PRESERVATION
   12  ISSUES, INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY
   13  OF LOCAL SERVICES FOR THE VICTIMS OF SUCH  CRIMES.    ALL  NEW  OFFICERS
   14  SHALL  RECEIVE  SUCH  TRAINING  AND  INSTRUCTION,  AS  PART OF THE BASIC
   15  CURRICULUM AT THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY OR AT MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMIES,
   16  AS APPLICABLE.  THE COUNCIL SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT
   17  DEEMS  NECESSARY  CONCERNING  PERIODIC  RETRAINING  OF  POLICE  OFFICERS
   18  REGARDING CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
   19    S  2.    The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 219-c to
   20  read as follows:
   21    S 219-C. CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL  ASSAULT;  JUDICIAL  TRAINING.    THE
   22  OFFICE  OF  COURT  ADMINISTRATION  SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND
   23  JUSTICES AT THE NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL INSTITUTE WITH RESPECT TO CRIMES
   24  INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04436-01-1
       A. 2362                             2
    1    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    2  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    3  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    4  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
    5  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    6  effective date.