Bill Text: NY A05741 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants new titles and compensation to certain police lieutenants assigned to investigatory assignments in NYC after a certain period of time in that assignment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to governmental employees [A05741 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05741-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5741
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 28, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to the title and compensation of certain  police  lieutenants
         assigned to investigatory assignments
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
    2  by finds and declares that it is impracticable to ascertain fitness  for
    3  the  positions  of "supervisor detective squad" and "commander detective
    4  squad" within the police department of the city of New York by means  of
    5  a  competitive  examination.  The legislature further finds and declares
    6  that it appears that no competitive examination has ever  been  employed
    7  to  ascertain  fitness  for  the  positions  of "detective", "supervisor
    8  detective squad"  or  "commander  detective  squad"  within  the  police
    9  department  of the city of New York or any other major police department
   10  within the state; such fitness has always been determined by  evaluation
   11  of an individual's capabilities by a supervisor. It would be unseemly to
   12  attempt  to create competitive examinations to ascertain fitness for the
   13  positions of a "supervisor detective  squad"  and  "commander  detective
   14  squad"  where  no  competitive  examination  exists  for the position of
   15  "detective", the designation for which "supervisors detective squad" and
   16  "commanders detective squad" act  as  supervisors.  The  legislature  is
   17  satisfied  that  merit  and  fitness for promotion of individuals to the
   18  positions of "sergeant" and "lieutenant" have been satisfactorily ascer-
   19  tained by means of competitive examinations, and that merit and  fitness
   20  for assignment of individuals holding the ranks of "sergeant" and "lieu-
   21  tenant" to investigatory positions are evaluated by appropriate supervi-
   22  sors prior to such assignment. The legislature is further satisfied that
   23  an  individual  who  performs  in  an investigatory position in a manner
   24  sufficiently satisfactory to the appropriate supervisors to hold such an
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07514-01-1
       A. 5741                             2
    1  assignment for a period of eighteen months has demonstrated fitness  for
    2  the  position  of  "supervisor  detective squad" or "commander detective
    3  squad" within the police department of the city of New York more conclu-
    4  sively  than  could  be ascertained by means of any competitive examina-
    5  tion.
    6    S 2. Subdivision c of section 14-103 of the administrative code of the
    7  city of New York, as amended by chapter 755 of  the  laws  of  1990,  is
    8  amended to read as follows:
    9    c.  The commissioner may designate lieutenants as commanders of detec-
   10  tive squads, and sergeants as supervisors of detective squads, who while
   11  performing duty in  [such  bureau]  THE  DETECTIVE  OR  ORGANIZED  CRIME
   12  CONTROL BUREAU and while so designated as commanders of detective squads
   13  or  supervisors  of detective squads shall be paid such salary as may be
   14  determined by the mayor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT LIEUTENANTS ASSIGNED TO
   15  INVESTIGATORY POSITIONS FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS OR MORE  SHALL  RECEIVE  THE
   16  TITLE  OF SUPERVISOR DETECTIVE SQUAD/COMMANDER DETECTIVE SQUAD AND SHALL
   17  RECEIVE COMPENSATION EQUAL TO THAT OF A LIEUTENANT FOR SERGEANTS  SUPER-
   18  VISOR  DETECTIVE  SQUAD AND FOR LIEUTENANTS COMMANDER DETECTIVE SQUAD AS
   19  DETERMINED THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.