Bill Text: NY A01754 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the superintendent of state police to investigate accusations of police misconduct filed against town or village police.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A01754 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01754-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1754

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  requiring  the  state
          police  to  investigate accusations of police misconduct filed against
          town or village police

          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 226-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 226-a. Investigation of police misconduct; towns and villages.   The
     4  superintendent  of  state  police  shall ensure that an investigation is
     5  conducted for any accusation of police misconduct filed against a member
     6  of law enforcement employed by a town or village.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     8  have become a law.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00138-01-1