Bill Text: NY S09720 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the municipal police training council to develop, and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to implement, certain training requirements for police officers on the operation of police vehicles, including a minimum of 40 hours of training for new police officers and 4 hours of training for police in-service training courses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - REFERRED TO CODES [S09720 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09720-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9720

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 22, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to training  requirements
          for police officers on the operation of police vehicles

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. The council shall, in addition:
     4    (a) Develop,  maintain  and  disseminate,  in  consultation  with  the
     5  department  of motor vehicles, written policies and procedures regarding
     6  the operation of police vehicles, as  defined  by  section  one  hundred
     7  thirty-two-a  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, by police officers. Such
     8  policies and procedures shall make provisions for the  training  of  new
     9  and veteran police officers on the operation of such police vehicles;
    10    (b)  Recommend  to the commissioner rules and regulations with respect
    11  to the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a  train-
    12  ing  program for all current and new police officers regarding the poli-
    13  cies and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with
    14  recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers, which  shall
    15  include:
    16    (i)  a  minimum of forty hours of training to be included in the basic
    17  course for police officers; and
    18    (ii) a minimum of four hours of training  to  be  included  in  police
    19  in-service training courses; and
    20    (c)  Disseminate the policy promulgated in accordance with this subdi-
    21  vision, regarding operation of police vehicles by  police  officers,  to
    22  all  police  departments  in  this  state  and  develop a model training
    23  program for all current and new police officers regarding such  policies
    24  and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision.
    25    §  2.  Section  841  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
    26  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    27    10. Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to  implement  training
    28  policies and procedures for new and veteran police officers on the oper-
    29  ation  of  police  vehicles  developed  pursuant to subdivision eight of
    30  section eight hundred forty of this article.
    31    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14881-03-4