Directs the municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to the investigation of and intervention into sex offenses; provides for recommendations to the governor relating to rules and regulations therefor; directs the office of court administration to provide training to judges and justices with respect to crimes involving sexual assault.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4895
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 28, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the munici-
pal police training council to establish policies and procedures for
the investigation of sex offenses and intervention by police officers
into the commission of such offenses; and to amend the judiciary law,
in relation to providing training for judges and justices on 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, in addition:
4 (a) Develop, maintain and disseminate, in consultation with rape
5 crisis centers experienced in assisting victims in this state, written
6 policies and procedures consistent with applicable provisions of the
7 family court act, domestic relations law, criminal procedure law and the
8 penal law, regarding the investigation of and intervention by new and
9 veteran police officers in crimes involving sexual assault. Such poli-
10 cies and procedures shall make provisions for education and training of
11 new and veteran police officers in the investigation and enforcement of
12 crimes involving sexual assault under state law, including but not
13 limited to:
14 (1) techniques for interviewing sexual assault victims,
15 (2) fair treatment standards for crime victims pursuant to article
16 twenty-three of this chapter,
17 (3) evidence gathering and evidence preservation, and
18 (4) dissemination of information concerning availability of local
19 services for the victims of such crimes; and
20 (b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with respect to
21 establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 program for all current and new police officers regarding the policies
2 and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with
3 recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
4 § 2. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 219-c to
5 read as follows:
6 § 219-c. Crimes involving sexual assault; judicial training. The
7 office of court administration shall provide training for judges and
8 justices with respect to crimes involving sexual assault.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
