Bill Text: NY S03920 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Grants police officer status to members of the uniformed correction force of the N.Y. city department of correction who complete a certain training program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03920 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03920-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3920--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting police officer status to certain members of the uniformed correction force of the New York city department of correction; and to amend the executive law, in relation to training programs for all members of the uniformed correction force of the New York city department of correction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 34 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: 3 (w) A member of the uniformed correction force of the New York city 4 department of correction who has completed a training program as 5 detailed in subdivision six of section eight hundred forty of the execu- 6 tive law. 7 § 2. Subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as 8 amended by section 70 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws 9 of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 10 25. Officials, as designated by the commissioner of the department of 11 corrections and community supervision pursuant to rules of the depart- 12 ment, and correction officers of any state correctional facility or of 13 any penal correctional institution, except for correction officers of 14 the New York city department of correction who have completed a training 15 program as detailed in subdivision six of section eight hundred forty of 16 the executive law. 17 § 3. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 18 subdivision 6 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09920-04-9S. 3920--A 2 1 6. (a) The council shall, in addition, develop, maintain, and dissem- 2 inate, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections and communi- 3 ty supervision, written policies and procedures regarding a training 4 program for members of the uniformed correction force of the New York 5 city department of correction. Such training program and associated 6 materials shall include the requirements set forth in subdivisions one 7 and two-a of this section and shall include issues related to the mental 8 health of inmates. 9 (b) The council shall, in addition, recommend to the governor rules 10 and regulations with respect to the establishment of a training program 11 for all current and new members of the uniformed correction force of the 12 New York city department of correction regarding the policies and proce- 13 dures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with recommenda- 14 tions for periodic retraining of corrections officers defined as police 15 officers under paragraph (w) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 16 of the criminal procedure law. 17 (c) The training requirements required by this subdivision shall apply 18 to all corrections officers hired by the city of New York following the 19 effective date of this subdivision. All members of the uniformed 20 correction force of the New York city department of correction employed 21 prior to such effective date shall receive such training within thirty- 22 six months of such effective date, unless such officer is deemed to have 23 previously received equivalent training as determined by the commission- 24 er. 25 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 26 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend- 27 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 28 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 29 completed on or before such date.