STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6489 A. 7284 2021-2022 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY May 3, 2021 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "Wander- ing Officers Act" prohibiting the hiring of certain persons as a police officer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Wandering Officers Act." 3 § 2. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 5 2-c. The council shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning 6 eligibility of persons for provisional or permanent appointment in the 7 competitive class of the civil service as police officers of any police 8 agency or the division of state police to prohibit the provisional or 9 permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has 10 previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within 11 or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer 12 either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a 13 disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdic- 14 tion within or without the state, or if such person resigned while crim- 15 inal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty 16 as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10886-06-1