Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1681
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, PAULIN, SAYEGH, SEAWRIGHT, STIRPE, VANEL,
WILLIAMS, WALKER, STERN, EICHENSTEIN, OTIS, KIM, LAVINE, WOERNER, RA,
ZINERMAN, RAJKUMAR, BURDICK, JACKSON, SIMONE, CUNNINGHAM, GLICK,
BUTTENSCHON, BORES, DE LOS SANTOS, LEE, ZACCARO, TAPIA, ALVAREZ,
SEPTIMO, JONES, EACHUS, RAGA, BERGER, ANDERSON, SHIMSKY -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, HAWLEY, HEVESI, ROZIC -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to on duty auxiliary police
officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 10.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 23 to read as follows:
3 23. "On-duty auxiliary police officer" means a member of an auxiliary
4 police program that is organized and maintained by a state or local
5 police department who is acting as an auxiliary police officer at the
6 time of the act or omission.
7 § 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
8 penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020
9 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, are
10 amended to read as follows:
11 (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
12 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
13 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
14 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.21,
15 aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree as defined in section
16 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
17 gency medical services professional as defined in section 120.08,
18 assault on an on-duty auxiliary police officer as defined in section
19 120.08-a, assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault
20 in the second degree as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 first degree as defined in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as
2 defined in section 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in
3 section 140.25, robbery in the second degree as defined in section
4 160.10, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined
5 in section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the second degree as
6 defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm in the second
7 degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the
8 aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated criminal
9 possession of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or
10 providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree as defined
11 in section 490.15, hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second
12 degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal possession of a chemi-
13 cal weapon or biological weapon in the third degree as defined in
14 section 490.37.
15 (c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
16 class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child
17 as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in
18 section 120.05, menacing a police officer or peace officer as defined in
19 section 120.18, menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer as defined
20 in section 120.21, stalking in the first degree, as defined in subdivi-
21 sion one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree as
22 defined in section 121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in
23 section 130.30, a crime formerly defined in section 130.45, sexual abuse
24 in the first degree as defined in section 130.65, course of sexual
25 conduct against a child in the second degree as defined in section
26 130.80, aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree as defined in
27 section 130.66, facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance
28 as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking as defined in paragraphs
29 (a) and (b) of subdivision three of section 135.35, criminal possession
30 of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision five, six,
31 seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02, criminal sale of a firearm
32 in the third degree as defined in section 265.11, intimidating a victim
33 or witness in the second degree as defined in section 215.16, soliciting
34 or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree as
35 defined in section 490.10, and making a terroristic threat as defined in
36 section 490.20, falsely reporting an incident in the first degree as
37 defined in section 240.60, placing a false bomb or hazardous substance
38 in the first degree as defined in section 240.62, placing a false bomb
39 or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation
40 facility or enclosed shopping mall as defined in section 240.63, aggra-
41 vated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree as
42 defined in section 405.18, and criminal manufacture, sale, or transport
43 of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun as defined in section
44 265.50.
45 § 3. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
46 vision 10-a to read as follows:
47 10-a. With the intent to prevent an on-duty auxiliary police officer
48 from performing a lawful duty, by means including releasing or failing
49 to control an animal under circumstances evincing the actor's intent
50 that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of such on-duty auxiliary
51 police officer, such person causes physical injury to such on-duty
52 auxiliary police officer.
53 § 4. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.08-a to read
54 as follows:
55 § 120.08-a Assault on an on-duty auxiliary police officer.
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1 A person is guilty of assault on an on-duty auxiliary police officer
2 when, with intent to prevent an on-duty auxiliary police officer from
3 performing a lawful duty, such person causes serious physical injury to
4 such an on-duty auxiliary police officer.
5 Assault on an on-duty auxiliary police officer is a class C felony.
6 § 5. Section 120.13 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 765 of the
7 laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
8 § 120.13 Menacing in the first degree.
9 A person is guilty of menacing in the first degree when [he or she]
10 such person commits the crime of menacing in the second degree and has
11 been previously convicted of the crime of menacing in the second degree
12 or the crime of menacing a police officer or peace officer, or the crime
13 of menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer within the preceding ten
14 years.
15 Menacing in the first degree is a class E felony.
16 § 6. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.21 to read
17 as follows:
18 § 120.21 Menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer.
19 A person is guilty of menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer
20 when such person intentionally places or attempts to place an on-duty
21 auxiliary police officer in reasonable fear of physical injury, serious
22 physical injury or death by displaying a deadly weapon, knife, pistol,
23 revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm, whether operable
24 or not, where such officer was in the course of performing such offi-
25 cer's official duties and the defendant knew or reasonably should have
26 known that such victim was an on-duty auxiliary police officer.
27 Menacing an on-duty auxiliary police officer is a class D felony.
28 § 7. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 195.09 to read
29 as follows:
30 § 195.09 Obstructing the duties of an on-duty auxiliary police officer
31 by means of a self-defense spray device.
32 A person is guilty of obstructing the duties of an on-duty auxiliary
33 police officer by means of a self-defense spray device when, with the
34 intent to prevent an on-duty auxiliary police officer from performing a
35 lawful duty, such person causes temporary physical impairment to an
36 on-duty auxiliary police officer by intentionally discharging a self-de-
37 fense spray device, as defined in paragraph fourteen of subdivision a of
38 section 265.20 of this part, thereby causing such temporary physical
39 impairment.
40 Obstructing the duties of an on-duty auxiliary police officer by means
41 of a self-defense spray device is a class D felony.
42 § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
43 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
