Bill Text: NY A09974 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9974 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the municipal police training commission to ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed in basic law enforcement training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-27 - referred to governmental operations [A09974 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09974-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9974
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to motorcycle profiling
         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 839-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 839-A. MOTORCYCLE PROFILING. 1. THE MUNICIPAL POLICE TRAINING  COUN-
    4  CIL  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ISSUES  RELATED  TO  MOTORCYCLE  PROFILING ARE
    5  ADDRESSED IN BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND  OFFERED  TO  IN-SERVICE
    6  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXISTING TRAINING REGARDING
    7  PROFILING.
    8    2.  LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES SHALL ADD A STATEMENT CONDEMNING
    9  MOTORCYCLE PROFILING TO EXISTING POLICIES REGARDING PROFILING.
   10    3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MOTORCYCLE PROFILING" MEANS  THE
   11  ILLEGAL USE OF THE FACT THAT A PERSON RIDES A MOTORCYCLE OR WEARS MOTOR-
   12  CYCLE-RELATED  PARAPHERNALIA  AS  A FACTOR IN DECIDING TO STOP AND QUES-
   13  TION, TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ARREST, OR SEARCH  A  PERSON  OR  VEHICLE
   14  WITH  OR  WITHOUT  A LEGAL BASIS UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION OR
   15  NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   17  have  become  a  law;  provided, however that effective immediately, the
   18  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations  necessary
   19  for  the  implementation  of the foregoing provisions of this act on its
   20  effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or
   21  before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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