Bill Text: NY A09087 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the superintendent of state police to develop and institute child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures for instances where police are arresting an individual who is a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-21 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09087 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09087-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9087--A I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, N. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to developing and instituting child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-d 2 to read as follows: 3 S 214-D. CHILD-SENSITIVE ARRESTS. THE SUPERINTENDENT, IN CONSULTATION 4 WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND THE DIVISION OF 5 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL DEVELOP, MAINTAIN AND DISSEMINATE TO 6 ALL MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE, INCLUDING NEW AND VETERAN OFFICERS, 7 WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, REGARDING CHILD-SENSITIVE ARREST PRAC- 8 TICES. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL ENSURE THE IDENTIFICATION AND 9 SAFETY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN SUCH CHILD'S PARENT, 10 GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF 11 SUCH CHILD IS ARRESTED. SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT 12 NOT BE LIMITED TO: 13 (A) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT STATE POLICE OFFICERS INQUIRE AND DOCU- 14 MENT WHETHER AN ARRESTEE IS THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR PERSON LEGALLY 15 CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF A CHILD; 16 (B) PROCEDURES TO ALLOW FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF TEMPORARY CARE FOR THE 17 CHILD OF AN ARRESTED PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED 18 WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD TO ENSURE SUCH CHILD'S SAFETY AND 19 WELL-BEING, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ALLOWING THE ARRESTED PARENT, GUARDIAN OR 20 OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD TO 21 PLACE ADDITIONAL PHONE CALLS TO ARRANGE FOR CHILD CARE; 22 (C) EDUCATION ON HOW WITNESSING VIOLENCE CAUSES EMOTIONAL HARM TO 23 CHILDREN AND HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ASSIST IN MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF 24 SUCH HARM; AND 25 (D) INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED 26 PROVIDERS OF CRISIS INTERVENTION, CHILD PROTECTION AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13736-05-2 A. 9087--A 2 1 RESOURCES THAT COULD AID THE CHILD OF AN ARRESTED PARENT, GUARDIAN OR 2 OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD. 3 S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 840 of the executive law is amended by 4 adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows: 5 (F-1) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING AND DISSEMINATING, IN CONSULTATION WITH 6 THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCE- 7 DURES REGARDING CHILD-SENSITIVE ARREST PRACTICES. SUCH POLICIES AND 8 PROCEDURES SHALL ENSURE THE IDENTIFICATION AND SAFETY OF A CHILD LESS 9 THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN SUCH CHILD'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR OTHER 10 PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD IS 11 ARRESTED. SUCH POLICES AND PROCEDURES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED 12 TO: 13 (1) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INQUIRE 14 AND DOCUMENT WHETHER AN ARRESTEE IS THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR PERSON 15 LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF A CHILD; 16 (2) PROCEDURES TO ALLOW FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF TEMPORARY CARE FOR THE 17 CHILD OF AN ARRESTED PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED 18 WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD TO ENSURE SUCH CHILD'S SAFETY AND 19 WELL-BEING, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ALLOWING THE ARRESTED PARENT, GUARDIAN OR 20 OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD TO 21 PLACE ADDITIONAL PHONE CALLS TO ARRANGE FOR CHILD CARE; 22 (3) EDUCATION ON HOW WITNESSING VIOLENCE CAUSES EMOTIONAL HARM TO 23 CHILDREN AND HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ASSIST IN MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF 24 SUCH HARM; AND 25 (4) INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED 26 PROVIDERS OF CRISES INTERVENTION, CHILD PROTECTION AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE 27 RESOURCES THAT COULD AID THE CHILD OF AN ARRESTED PARENT, GUARDIAN OR 28 OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF SUCH CHILD; 29 S 3. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding two new sections 30 120.85 and 140.17 to read as follows: 31 S 120.85 CHILD-SENSITIVE ARRESTS. 32 A STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO ARRESTS AN INDIVIDUAL 33 SHALL, AT THE TIME OF THE ARREST, INQUIRE WHETHER SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS THE 34 PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTO- 35 DY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD WHO MAY BE AT RISK AS A 36 RESULT OF THE ARREST. THE OFFICER SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO 37 ENSURE THE SAFETY OF SUCH CHILD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES AND 38 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-D OR 39 PARAGRAPH (F-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY OF 40 THE EXECUTIVE LAW AS APPLICABLE. 41 S 140.17 CHILD-SENSITIVE ARRESTS. 42 A STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO ARRESTS AN INDIVIDUAL 43 SHALL, AT THE TIME OF THE ARREST, INQUIRE WHETHER SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS THE 44 PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTO- 45 DY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD WHO MAY BE AT RISK AS A 46 RESULT OF THE ARREST. THE OFFICER SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO 47 ENSURE THE SAFETY OF SUCH CHILD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES AND 48 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-D OR 49 PARAGRAPH (F-1) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY OF 50 THE EXECUTIVE LAW AS APPLICABLE. 51 S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 52 it shall have become a law.