Bill Text: NY S04576 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the same protection afforded to peace officers, police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical professionals to members of auxiliary police programs, traffic enforcement agents or public officers or public employees performing school safety or security duties.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04576 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04576-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4576
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 24, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault on a member of  an
         auxiliary  police  program,  a  traffic  enforcement agent or a public
         officer or  public  employee  performing  school  safety  or  security
         duties, and technical corrections relating to assault on a firefighter
         or  related personnel in a hospital emergency department, member of an
         auxiliary police program, traffic enforcement agent or public  officer
         or public employee performing school safety or security duties
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "auxiliary
    2  police officer protection act".
    3    S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal law,
    4  as  separately  amended  by chapters 764 and 765 of the laws of 2005, is
    5  amended to read as follows:
    6    (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
    7  class  B  felonies  set  forth  in  paragraph (a); aggravated criminally
    8  negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggravated manslaughter
    9  in the second degree as defined in  section  125.21,  aggravated  sexual
   10  abuse  in  the  second degree as defined in section 130.67, assault on a
   11  peace officer,  police  officer,  [fireman  or]  FIREFIGHTER,  emergency
   12  medical  services  professional,  MEMBER OF AN AUXILIARY POLICE PROGRAM,
   13  TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE  PERFORM-
   14  ING  SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY DUTIES as defined in section 120.08, gang
   15  assault in the second degree as defined in section 120.06,  burglary  in
   16  the  second  degree  as defined in section 140.25, robbery in the second
   17  degree as defined in section 160.10, criminal possession of a weapon  in
   18  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section  265.03, criminal use of a
   19  firearm in the second degree as defined in section 265.08, criminal sale
   20  of a firearm in the second degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09944-01-9
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    1  sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor as defined in section  265.14,
    2  soliciting  or  providing  support  for an act of terrorism in the first
    3  degree as defined in section 490.15, hindering prosecution of  terrorism
    4  in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section  490.30,  and criminal
    5  possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree
    6  as defined in section 490.37.
    7    S 3. Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as  amended  by
    8  chapter 45 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    9    3.  With  intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, a fire-
   10  fighter, including a firefighter acting  as  a  paramedic  or  emergency
   11  medical  technician administering first aid in the course of performance
   12  of duty as such firefighter, an emergency medical service  paramedic  or
   13  emergency medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in
   14  a  hospital  emergency department, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement
   15  officer or traffic enforcement agent, A MEMBER OF  AN  AUXILIARY  POLICE
   16  PROGRAM  ORGANIZED AND MAINTAINED BY A STATE OR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT,
   17  A PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMING SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY
   18  DUTIES, from performing a lawful duty, by means including  releasing  or
   19  failing  to  control  an animal under circumstances evincing the actor's
   20  intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of such peace  offi-
   21  cer,  police  officer, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city marshal,
   22  traffic enforcement officer or traffic  enforcement  agent,  MEDICAL  OR
   23  RELATED  PERSONNEL  IN  A  HOSPITAL  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENT, MEMBER OF AN
   24  AUXILIARY POLICE PROGRAM OR PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMING
   25  SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY DUTIES, he or she causes  physical  injury  to
   26  such  peace  officer, police officer, firefighter, paramedic, technician
   27  or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department, city
   28  marshal, traffic  enforcement  officer  or  traffic  enforcement  agent,
   29  MEMBER  OF  AN  AUXILIARY  POLICE  PROGRAM OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMING
   30  SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY DUTIES; or
   31    S 4. Section 120.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 632  of  the
   32  laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   33  S  120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or] FIRE-
   34             FIGHTER, emergency medical services professional,  MEMBER  OF
   35             AN  AUXILIARY  POLICE  PROGRAM,  TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR
   36             PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMING SCHOOL SAFETY OR
   37             SECURITY DUTIES.
   38    A person is guilty of assault on  a  peace  officer,  police  officer,
   39  [fireman  or]  FIREFIGHTER,  emergency  medical  services  professional,
   40  MEMBER OF AN AUXILIARY POLICE  PROGRAM,  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  OR
   41  PUBLIC  OFFICER  OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMING SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY
   42  DUTIES when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, A police officer, a
   43  [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, including a [fireman]  FIREFIGHTER  acting  as  a
   44  paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid in the
   45  course  of  performance  of  duty as such [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, [or] an
   46  emergency medical service paramedic [or], AND emergency medical  service
   47  technician,  A MEMBER OF AN AUXILIARY POLICE PROGRAM ORGANIZED AND MAIN-
   48  TAINED BY A STATE OR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT  AGENT
   49  OR A PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMING SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECU-
   50  RITY  DUTIES,  from  performing  a lawful duty, he OR SHE causes serious
   51  physical injury to such peace officer, police officer,  [fireman]  FIRE-
   52  FIGHTER,  paramedic  [or],  technician,  MEMBER  OF  AN AUXILIARY POLICE
   53  PROGRAM, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE
   54  PERFORMING SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY DUTIES.
   55    Assault  on a peace officer, police officer, [fireman or] FIREFIGHTER,
   56  emergency medical services professional, MEMBER OF AN  AUXILIARY  POLICE
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    1  PROGRAM,  TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT OR PUBLIC OFFICER OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
    2  PERFORMING SCHOOL SAFETY OR SECURITY DUTIES is a class C felony.
    3    S  5.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.
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