Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1284
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, COLTON, DINOWITZ, FORREST, GLICK, JACKSON,
KELLES, CUNNINGHAM, LAVINE, MAGNARELLI, RAGA, SHRESTHA, SIMON, REYES,
WALKER, ZINERMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "Wander-
ing Officers Act" prohibiting the hiring of certain persons as a
police officer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "Wandering Officers Act."
3 § 2. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
4 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
5 2-c. The council shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning
6 eligibility of persons for provisional or permanent appointment in the
7 competitive class of the civil service as police officers of any police
8 agency or the division of state police to prohibit the provisional or
9 permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has
10 previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within
11 or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer
12 either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a
13 disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdic-
14 tion within or without the state, or if such person resigned while crim-
15 inal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty
16 as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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