Bill Text: NY S04539 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends police officer status to bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority and authorizes such authority to maintain a bridge and tunnel police department and a uniformed bridge and tunnel police force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S04539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04539-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4539
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
         police  officer  status  to  bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and
         lieutenants of the Triborough bridge and tunnel  authority;  to  amend
         the public authorities law, in relation to providing certain powers to
         the  Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; and repealing subdivision
         20 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law relating thereto
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure
    2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
    3    (W) BRIDGE AND TUNNEL  OFFICERS,  SERGEANTS  AND  LIEUTENANTS  OF  THE
    4  TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL AUTHORITY WHO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE
    5  DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AS HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A
    6  BASIC COURSE AT AN ACCREDITED POLICE ACADEMY; PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  OFFI-
    7  CERS  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO COMPLETE SUCH COURSE REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO
    8  COMMENCING THEIR DUTIES AS POLICE OFFICERS.
    9    S 2. Subdivision 34-a of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law is
   10  amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   11    (E) THE "GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF EMPLOYMENT" FOR THE  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
   12  POLICE  FORCE OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY SHALL BE ALL
   13  FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY WITHIN
   14  THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK.
   15    S 3. Subdivision 20 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure  law  is
   16  REPEALED.
   17    S  4. Section 553 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
   18  new subdivision 7-b to read as follows:
   19    7-B. IN ITS DISCRETION, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
   20  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  AND A UNIFORMED BRIDGE AND TUNNEL POLICE FORCE. SUCH
   21  DEPARTMENT AND FORCE SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND IT SHALL BE THEIR DUTY, IN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10224-01-5
       S. 4539                             2
    1  AND ABOUT BRIDGE AND TUNNEL FACILITIES, TO: PRESERVE THE  PUBLIC  PEACE;
    2  PREVENT CRIME; ARREST OFFENDERS; SUPPRESS RIOTS, MOBS AND INSURRECTIONS;
    3  DISPERSE   UNLAWFUL  OR  DANGEROUS  ASSEMBLAGES  AND  ASSEMBLAGES  WHICH
    4  OBSTRUCT FREE PASSAGE; PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY; GUARD
    5  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH;  REGULATE,  DIRECT, CONTROL AND RESTRICT PEDESTRIAN
    6  TRAFFIC; REMOVE ALL NUISANCES; ENFORCE AND PREVENT VIOLATION OF ALL LAWS
    7  AND ORDINANCES; AND FOR THESE PURPOSES TO ARREST ALL PERSONS  GUILTY  OF
    8  VIOLATING  ANY  LAW OR ORDINANCE. APPOINTMENTS TO SUCH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
    9  POLICE FORCE SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE  PROVISIONS  OF
   10  THE  CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND ONLY PERSONS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF
   11  A FELONY AND WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED
   12  BRIDGE AND TUNNEL PATROLMEN ON THE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL POLICE FORCE.  EACH
   13  MEMBER  OF  SUCH  FORCE  SHALL  BE CERTIFIED BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
   14  JUSTICE SERVICES AS HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED  A  BASIC  COURSE  FOR
   15  POLICE  OFFICERS,  WHICH  COURSE  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  BY THE AUTHORITY;
   16  PROVIDED THAT SUCH OFFICERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO  COMPLETE  SUCH  COURSE
   17  REQUIREMENTS  PRIOR TO COMMENCING THEIR DUTIES AS POLICE OFFICERS.  EACH
   18  MEMBER OF SUCH FORCE SHALL BE A POLICE OFFICER AS DEFINED  BY  PARAGRAPH
   19  (W) OF SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
   20  LAW.
   21    THE  AUTHORITY  MAY APPOINT A NON-CIVILIAN CHIEF AND A DEPUTY CHIEF OF
   22  THE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO, IN THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE
   23  AUTHORITY,  MAY  BE  SELECTED  FROM  THE  RANKS OF THE BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
   24  POLICE FORCE AND ASSIGN POWERS AND DUTIES TO THEM AND FIX THEIR  COMPEN-
   25  SATION.  THE  CHIEF  SHALL  BE  THE  HEAD OF SUCH DEPARTMENT. DURING THE
   26  ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE CHIEF, THE DEPUTY CHIEF SHALL  POSSESS  ALL
   27  THE  POWERS  AND  PERFORM  ALL  THE DUTIES OF THE CHIEF.  THE BRIDGE AND
   28  TUNNEL POLICE FORCE SHALL CONSIST OF  CAPTAINS,  LIEUTENANTS,  SERGEANTS
   29  AND OFFICERS. THE AUTHORITY MAY DETAIL PERSONS IN THE RANK OF CAPTAIN OF
   30  THE  BRIDGE  AND TUNNEL POLICE FORCE TO SERVE IN HIGHER RANKS. A CAPTAIN
   31  WHEN SO DETAILED TO SERVE IN A HIGHER RANK MAY BE GRANTED AN INCREASE IN
   32  SALARY ABOVE THE GRADE ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  RANK  OF  CAPTAIN  IN  THE
   33  UNIFORMED FORCE.
   34    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.