Bill Text: NY A06596 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6596 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires police officers in New York City to complete community affairs duties on an annual basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental employees [A06596 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06596-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6596
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to requiring police officers to  complete  community  affairs
         duties on an annual basis
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
    2  by adding a new section 14-146 to read as follows:
    3    S  14-146  COMMUNITY  AFFAIRS  DUTIES.  ANY MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE
    4  RANKED AS A POLICE OFFICER AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION
    5  14-102  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  EXCEPT  THOSE  POLICE  OFFICERS  PERMANENTLY
    6  ASSIGNED TO THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BUREAU, SHALL AID AND ASSIST THE OPER-
    7  ATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BUREAU TO FOSTER POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
    8  POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS  THROUGH  COMPLETION  OF  AT  LEAST  FOURTEEN
    9  ACTIVE  DUTY SHIFTS PER CALENDAR YEAR WITH THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UNIT OF
   10  SUCH OFFICER'S ASSIGNED  PRECINCT.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE
   11  RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING SUCH POLICE OFFICERS' ANNUAL ASSIGNMENTS
   12  WITH  THE  COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UNITS WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
   13  DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05668-01-5