Bill Text: NY S02326 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to police officer and peace officer hiring and transfers; requires police agencies review any possible internal files of police misconduct and complaints as well as pending criminal charges before hiring or allowing for a transfer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02326 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02326-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2326

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, JACKSON -- 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  police  officer  and
          peace officer hiring and transfers

          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  845-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  845-e.  Police  officer and peace officer hiring and transfers.  1.
     4  Police agencies shall thoroughly examine any possible internal files  of
     5  police  misconduct  and complaints before recruiting a police officer or
     6  peace officer on a lateral transfer from another police agency,  from  a
     7  police  department  from  any  state  or American territory, or as a new
     8  recruit.
     9    2. No police agency shall recruit, hire, allow to enroll, or allow  to
    10  transfer  any  police  officer  or  peace officer where such officer was
    11  fired, relieved of his or her duty, or resigned as a result of:
    12    (a) police misconduct;
    13    (b) off-duty misconduct;
    14    (c) an investigation for any kind of police  misconduct  and  off-duty
    15  misconduct; or
    16    (d) a misdemeanor or felony charge.
    17    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05552-01-3