Requires all police vehicles to be equipped with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass on and after January 1, 2025; requires existing police cars to be retrofitted with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6370
SPONSOR: Weprin TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to bulletproof
glass on police vehicles
PURPOSE:
Provides for the installation of bullet proof glass for all new police
vehicles and directs the superintendent or chief of police, or other
person responsible for the supervision and maintenance of a fleet of
Police vehicles to retrofit older vehicles with bulletproof glass on a
staggered basis.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: A. All new police vehicles purchased by the state or any
municipality after January 1st, 2017 must be equipped with bulletproof
or bullet resistant glass.
B. The chief of police or other person responsible for the maintenance
of police vehicle fleets may have vehicles purchased before 2017 retro-
fitted on a staggering basis to prevent all vehicles from being out of
service at the same time.
JUSTIFICATION:
It is considered standard practice for all officers to be issued bullet-
proof vests so-that they may be protected while conducting routine
police activities. It stands to reason that this protection should be
extended to police vehicles so that officers are'not left in a vulner-
able position.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
02/08/17 referred to transportation
01/03/18 referred to transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6370
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 5, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to bulletproof
glass on police vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 55 to read as follows:
3 55. a. On and after January first, two thousand twenty-five, any
4 police vehicle purchased by the state, a public authority, or any muni-
5 cipality shall be equipped with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass.
6 b. The superintendent or chief of police, or other person responsible
7 for the supervision and maintenance of a fleet of police vehicles, shall
8 cause any police vehicle that is in use as of the effective date of this
9 subdivision to be retrofitted with bulletproof or bullet resistant
10 glass. Such person may cause such glass replacement to be performed on a
11 staggered basis so that all police vehicles are not out of service at
12 the same time.
13 c. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services, in
14 consultation with the commissioner of motor vehicles, shall promulgate
15 rules and regulations determining the specifications that must be met to
16 consider any glass as "bulletproof" or "bullet resistant".
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10598-01-3
