Bill Text: NY S06172 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires training and instruction for all police officers with respect to crimes involving sexual assault; establishes the office of court administration shall provide training for judges and justices at the New York state judicial institute with respect to crimes involving sexual assault.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-01 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S06172 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06172-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6172
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                  September 18, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the executive law and the judiciary law, in relation  to
         requiring  certain training for police officers with respect to crimes
         involving sexual assault
         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 4 to read as follows:
    3    4. THE COUNCIL SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING TRAIN-
    4  ING  AND  INSTRUCTION  FOR  ALL  POLICE  OFFICERS WITH RESPECT TO CRIMES
    5  INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.  SUCH TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION, WHICH SHALL BE
    6  DESIGNED AND PRESENTED IN CONSULTATION WITH RAPE CRISIS CENTERS  EXPERI-
    7  ENCED  IN  ASSISTING  VICTIMS  IN  THIS STATE, SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
    8  LIMITED TO UNDERSTANDING RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE TRAUMA AND  PSYCHOLOGICAL
    9  ISSUES CONFRONTED BY SUCH CRIME VICTIMS, COMMON ATTRIBUTES OF OFFENDERS,
   10  FAIR   TREATMENT   STANDARDS  FOR  CRIME  VICTIMS  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
   11  TWENTY-THREE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  EVIDENCE  GATHERING  AND  PRESERVATION
   12  ISSUES, INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY
   13  OF  LOCAL  SERVICES  FOR  THE VICTIMS OF SUCH CRIMES.   ALL NEW OFFICERS
   14  SHALL RECEIVE SUCH TRAINING  AND  INSTRUCTION,  AS  PART  OF  THE  BASIC
   15  CURRICULUM AT THE STATE POLICE ACADEMY OR AT MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMIES,
   16  AS APPLICABLE.  THE COUNCIL SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT
   17  DEEMS  NECESSARY  CONCERNING  PERIODIC  RETRAINING  OF  POLICE  OFFICERS
   18  REGARDING CRIMES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
   19    S 2.  The judiciary law is amended by adding a new  section  219-c  to
   20  read as follows:
   21    S  219-C.  CRIMES  INVOLVING  SEXUAL ASSAULT; JUDICIAL TRAINING.   THE
   22  OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL PROVIDE  TRAINING  FOR  JUDGES  AND
   23  JUSTICES AT THE NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL INSTITUTE WITH RESPECT TO CRIMES
   24  INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00860-03-9
       S. 6172                             2
    1    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    2  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    3  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    4  necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
    5  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    6  effective date.